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[it-IT]Record tools[it-IT] [it-IT]Displays[it-IT]	Crouching Remove from selection Add to selection Numero oggettoM2010/135 TitoloCrouching Creatore Karl Duldig (Sculptor)‎ DescrizioneBronze sculpture of a woman kneeling or crouching initially carved from a potato by Karl Duldig while serving in the 8th Employment Company. At the back of the woman's head one can see an eye from the potato. Karl was part of the original intake of the 8th Employment Company in 1940. Having been an established artist in Austria, he was keen to pursue his art wherever possible. Fortunately, the Company’s commanding officer, Captain Broughton, respected his men and allowed them to pursue their interests. Karl was allowed to work on his sculpture within the daily routine work of the corps. Assigned to kitchen duty, he carved a number of the potatoes into small sculptures. He gave some of these to the officers as gifts. Three figures, Crouching, Kneeling Figure and Mother and Child he cast into plaster to keep. After the war, he gained considerable recognition as a sculptor in Australia and overseas. Luogo di produzioneAustralia Data 1942 Soggettoart, artist, employment companies, refugees, soldiers Nome oggettosculptures Materialebronze Dimensioni height: 170.00 mm width: 88.00 mm depth: 63.00 mm weight: 1325.00 g Linea di creditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Vivienne Ingram

Numero oggettoM2010/135

TitoloCrouching

Creatore Karl Duldig (Sculptor)‎

DescrizioneBronze sculpture of a woman kneeling or crouching initially carved from a potato by Karl Duldig while serving in the 8th Employment Company. At the back of the woman's head one can see an eye from the potato.

Karl was part of the original intake of the 8th Employment Company in 1940. Having been an established artist in Austria, he was keen to pursue his art wherever possible.

Fortunately, the Company’s commanding officer, Captain Broughton, respected his men and allowed them to pursue their interests. Karl was allowed to work on his sculpture within the daily routine work of the corps.

Assigned to kitchen duty, he carved a number of the potatoes into small sculptures. He gave some of these to the officers as gifts. Three figures, Crouching, Kneeling Figure and Mother and Child he cast into plaster to keep. After the war, he gained considerable recognition as a sculptor in Australia and overseas.

Luogo di produzioneAustralia

Data 1942

Soggettoart, artist, employment companies, refugees, soldiers

Nome oggettosculptures

Materialebronze

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Linea di creditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Vivienne Ingram

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