I never saw a swing in Vietnam Accession Number: ART45073

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The faces of three children. Below are the words 'I never saw a swing in Vietnam so where did the children play?' Moore is commenting on the affect that the conflict in Vietnam had on civilian Vietnamese.

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Accession Number
ART45073
Artist
Peter Moore
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: black, yellow and brown fibre-tipped pens on buff paper
Measurement
Overall
Medium
black, yellow and brown fibre-tipped pens on buff 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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