Army daze, The religious cook Accession Number: ART45065

Description

A scene in a mess hall in Vietnam. A soldier stands in front of a menu board, waiting to be served. The cook is saying to the soldier "Hold your Dixie Still son...We can't go wasting this great tucker!" while below the work the words 'They reckon he's a religious cook....It's either a burnt offering or a sacrifice!!!!' appear. The menu board contains such items as 'Soup: Cream of yesterdays'. In the background a soldier walks back towards camp.

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Accession Number
ART45065
Artist
Peter Moore
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: fibre-tipped pen on buff paper
Measurement
Overall
Medium
fibre-tipped pen on buff paper
Date Made
1990
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
presented by the artist 1990
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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