ART25107 - Bridge work, Burma-Thailand railway
Image copyright: © Australian War Memorial
- ID number
- ART25107
- Title
- Bridge work, Burma-Thailand railway
- Artist
- Griffin, Murray
- Object type
- Drawing
- Place made
- Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
- Date made
- 1946
- Medium
- pen and brush and brown ink, pencil, white gouache on paper
- Measurement
- overall: 51.4 x 35.6 cm [irreg.]
- Collection
- Art
- Description
- Prisoners building a bridge on the Burma-Thailand railway. Although Griffin volunteered to work on the Burma-Thailand railway, he gave up his spot for a fellow prisoner and remained in Changi. He created this series based on survivors' testimony. With his use of light and shade, Griffin encapsulates the feeling of hell and despair.
