ART41003 - Man in the mud
Image copyright: © Australian War Memorial
- ID number
- ART41003
- Title
- Man in the mud
- Artist
- Corlett, Peter
- Object type
- Diorama
- Place made
- Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
- Date made
- 1989
- Medium
- figure: fibreglass with fabric uniform and metal and hessian helmet; background: brown-toned photograph on canvas on [board]; modelling: fibreglass with wood, wire and metal objects
- Measurement
- overall: 316 x 166 x 100 cm
- Collection
- Art
- Description
- A figure of an Australian soldier sitting in the mud with his head in his hands in the Western Front during the First World War. This life sized diorama was commissioned to highlight the harsh conditions the soldiers endured.
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