Study for Japanese prisoner, Bougainville Accession Number: ART28561

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Depicts a sketch of an unidentified Japanese soldier sitting on the ground. The artist's humanity is well evident in Japanese prisoner, bougainville, a quick drawing made early one morning when a young Japanese soldier emerged from the jungle near the artist's camp.

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Accession Number
ART28561
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil on paper
Measurement
Overall: 31 cm x 24.8 cm
Medium
pencil on paper
Date Made
July 1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Presented by Mr Sali Herman 1985
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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