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Hounds Accession Number: ART29720
Description
Three dogs tearing apart an oil covered seabird. Gittoes wrote of this work: 'Hounds refers to the old symbol the dogs of war. The combatants in this conflict, symbolised by the dogs, are not tearing one another apart but have a fragile sea bird in their jaws. This symbolises the war on the environment and points out the fact that the Gulf War has added a new casualty, nature, to the usual list of war casualties'. The work is one of a series of 24 etchings, the 'Empire State Suite', Gittoes produced during the build up to the First Gulf War in 1990, printed at Studio One Printmaking Workshop, Canberra, 1991.
Details
Accession Number
ART29720
Printer
Studio One: Print making workshop
Artist
George Noel Gittoes AM
Classification
Art
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Medium: etching with aquatint and burnishing on Hahnemuhle paper
Measurement
sheet: 34.8 cm x 35 cm
Medium
etching with aquatint and burnishing on Hahnemuhle paper
Date Made
1991
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Purchased 1992
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright
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