The inheritance Accession Number: ART45072

Description

Two Vietnamese men, a father and son. Titled 'The Inheritance', the father is telling his son "One day son...this will all be yours', referring to the land behind them which has been destroyed by war. Moore is commenting on the affect that the conflict in Vietnam had on civilian Vietnamese.

Details

Accession Number
ART45072
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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