The chemist

Places
Accession Number ART29752.008
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 38.3 x 57.5 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description brush and ink, synthetic polymer paint, gouache on paper
Maker Connor, Kevin
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 1991
Conflict Gulf War, 1990-1991
Period 1990-1999
Copyright

Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright

Description

Upper body and face of a man in the right foreground. Buildings, some with heavy damage, occupy the rest of the image. The man is a Chemist whose shop and home were opposite the bombed Ministry of Justice building Baghdad. The work was completed after the bombing took place.