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Artwork - Wounded in Action by Michele Eastwood 2015

Michele Eastwood, during Artist in Residency
2015
Overview

Textile art - Cotton fabric, hand-dyed embroidery floss, cotton thread, dye. Depicts two soldiers with shattered trees in red representing wounds
860mm x 1090mm framed

Historical information

A photograph of Private Thomas Brown, 11th Battalion and friend.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-32-99.901
Item type
Textiles
Themes
Art and Design
War and Conflict
Material
Cotton (Textile)
Width
860 mm
Height or length
1090 mm
Inscriptions and markings

Artwork size is based on size of Regimental Colour of 11 Battalion AIF

Contextual information

Based on a studio portrait is taken of two young men (from the 11th Battalion) just before they embarked overseas to WWI from their training camp. The land they end up in is broken, burnt and bombed. Soldiers and land are devastated beyond recognition. Many of the photographs on the WWI gallery show the wounded landscape.

Year
2015
Primary significance criteria
Artistic or aesthetic significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Public location
Administration office
Last modified
Monday, 22 May, 2023
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia

Australian Army Museum of Western Australia

Textile art depicting wounded soldiers
Textile art depicting wounded soldiers

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