Army daze, "and she sez" Accession Number: ART45063

Description

A cartoon image of two adgitated and angry soldiers in a bar in Vietnam. Graffiti is throughout the work in the form of explicit and outspoken lines such as 'You buy me Siagon Tea', 'Yankee go home'. One of the soldiers is saying to the other 'And she sez, "Come up and I'll give you something you've never had before"....And I sez, "What you got Leprocy?!!!!!"

Details

Accession Number
ART45063
Artist
Peter Moore
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: fibre-tipped pen on paper
Measurement
Overall
Medium
fibre-tipped pen on paper
Date Made
1989
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
presented by the artist 1990
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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