Fruit seller and child Viet Accession Number: ART45071

Description

A Vietnamese fruit seller holding her baby in her arms. Beside them sits a basket of fruit. In the background a helicopter flies in the sky above bombed buildings, including a church. Moore is commenting on the affect that the conflict in Vietnam had on civilian Vietnamese.

Details

Accession Number
ART45071
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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