Night raid, Bagdad Accession Number: ART90170

Description

Depicts the silhouette of a US F16 fighter-interceptor aircraft superimposed on a map marked with various directional symbols . Above this is a silhouetted night skyline with weapons, explosions and anti-aircraft tracer and flak making star patterns in the night sky. An apocalyptic representation of sun burst or weapons explosion in a smoky sky features at the top of the canvas. This work was produced by the artist, Patrick Faulkner , in response to the First Gulf War (1990-91) .

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Accession Number
ART90170
Artist
Patrick Faulkner
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil on canvas
Measurement
Overall: 90.5 cm x 121.4 cm
Medium
oil on canvas
Date Made
1991
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
purchased 1994
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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