Colour tests on aircraft Accession Number: ART29267

Description

There are three small sketches on the same sheet, and this could possibly be demonstrating the different stages of testing camoulflage, of which the artist was involved in. The upper sketch shows four men attending to colour patches on an aircraft, in the lower left third a man is in a stand, and the third third image on the lower right shows one man sitting casually with another man standing.

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Accession Number
ART29267
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: brush and ink with wash with pencil on paper
Measurement
Sheet: 18.4 cm x 25.5 cm
Medium
brush, ink and wash with pencil on paper
Date Made
1940
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
presented 1988
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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