Ammunition boxes on the production line

Place Oceania: Australia, South Australia, Adelaide
Accession Number ART22648
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 39.6 x 51.8 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description oil, oil wash, black conte crayon on paper mounted on cardboard
Maker Ragless, Max
Place made Australia: South Australia, Adelaide
Date made June 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The work depicts ammunition boxes passing through a spray booth where they are receiving a red undercoating at Richards Industries Ltd, Adelaide. These are Army Ordance Ammunition boxes, used for mortars and most likely made of wood.