Hiroshima

Place Asia: Japan, Hiroshima, Hiroshima
Accession Number ART29483
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 26.6 x 35.6 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description watercolour on paper
Maker Tucker, Albert
Place made Japan: Hiroshima, Hiroshima
Date made 1947
Conflict Period 1940-1949
Copyright

Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright

Description

Depicts a child standing amongst a burnt and scarred landscape. A blackened tree is outlined by the grey cloudy sky and stacked crates stand alongside a charred home to the right of the composition. This drawing was made on Tucker's visit to Japan between February and April 1947.