Description
Depicts two Timorese women, Dalila and Maria, washing clothes in Dili, East Timor. Sharpe was fascinated by the activities of the women in East Timor. This is a page from the large sketchbook no. 2. Sharpe produced 4 sketchbooks of drawings while in Darwin and East Timor. Wendy Sharpe was appointed official artist in December 1999, travelling to Darwin, where she attended briefing sessions with Australian INTERFET personnel. In East Timor she was attached to the Army History Unit in Dili, where she recorded the work of the Australian peacekeepers and East Timorese people.
Details
Accession Number
ART91187.075
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: charcoal, pastel on paper
Medium
charcoal, pastel on paper
Credit Line
acquired under official art scheme 2000
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