ART22865 - Central Square, Tobruk

ART22865

Image copyright: © Australian War Memorial

ID number
ART22865
Title
Central Square, Tobruk
Artist
Hele, Ivor
Object type
Painting
Place made
North Africa: Western Desert, Libya, Tobruk
Date made
1941
Medium
oil, black pencil on canvas on hardboard
Measurement
framed: 73 cm x 83 cm; unframed: 48.1 cm x 57.8 cm
Collection
Art
Description
Buildings in the main square in Tobruk soon after Allied troops had taken the town. On the left is a church. The colours are the dry reds of the desert sand.
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