Cook-House, 1945 July, by Max Newton
Identifier
129.0022
Title
Cook-House, 1945 July, by Max Newton
Date
1945 July
Creator
Max Newton (1919-1975)
Type
still image
Format
watercolour with pencil and ink on paper; dimensions unknown
Source
Whereabouts unknown; photograph scanned from RAAF War Paintings Exhibition catalogue, 1946, p. 15
Description
Signed and dated in black pen lower right, recto: ‘Max Newton 45'.
Subject
War artists -- Australia -- 20th century. Australia -- History, Military. War in art. World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war. World War, 1939-1945 -- Malaysia.
Rights
© Max Newton Estate.
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Contributor
Jane Eckett
Original Format
painting
Where created
Morotai Island, Netherlands East Indies
Exhibited
RAAF War Paintings Exhibition [Harold Freedman, Eric Thake, Max Newton], Canberra: Royal Australian Air Force; exhibition toured Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria; Sydney: National Art Gallery of New South Wales; Brisbane: Queensland National Art Gallery; Adelaide: National Gallery of South Australia; Perth: Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia; Hobart: The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, touring exhibition, 1946, catalogue no. 91 (as Cook-House, watercolour July 1945, Constructed mainly of scrap materials, the cookhouse of No. 82 Wing Headquarters, Morotai, was an interesting example of wartime island architecture).
Bibliographic citation
RAAF War Paintings Exhibition, Canberra: Royal Australian Air Force, 1946, illustrated p. 15
Photograph (i)
Royal Australian Air Force
Date submitted
29 December 2020
Date modified
29 December 2020
Citation
Max Newton (1919-1975), “Cook-House, 1945 July, by Max Newton,” The Abbey Art Centre Digital Repository, accessed July 17, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/abbey-art-centre/items/show/681.