[Base can you read me?...]

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Accession Number ART90049
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 19.8 x 33.8 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description brush and ink with fibre tipped pen over pencil on paper
Maker Leahy, Sean
Place made Australia: Queensland, Brisbane
Date made 1991
Conflict Gulf War, 1990-1991
Copyright

Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright

Description

Depicts a cartoon produced during the First Gulf War (1990-1991) which comments on the pervasiveness of the media during this war. A fighter pilot , flying over a burning city, prepares to eject from his plane as his video camera is not functioning.

Donated through the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme 1994