Item - Peace means life

ID UNSW PR 1990/0024 (081483)
Artist Noel COUNIHAN (1913 - 1986)
Title Peace means life
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Category Print
Medium linocut
Materials black ink, paper support; not original frame
Edition Number 14/50
Measurements (cms)  
  Height 56.00
  Width 34.00
  Depth 0.00
  Other Frame size: 77.5 x 52 x 2 cms
Marks/Inscriptions  
  Location
  Signed in pencil: Counihan 1959
Produced  
  When 1959
  Where Australia
Style Graphic
Subject Nude, Allegorical
Credit Line Acquired from the Sydney CAE Collection (ex-Alexander Mackie College Collection ), 1990
Description/Remarks    Allegory of the battle between "Peace" and "War" or "Life and Death". Naked female (representing Peace/Life) grapples a black cloaked skeleton (representing War/Death).
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