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Инструменты Режимы отображения	Kerzaz Sahara 1940 Remove from selection Add to selection Номер объектаM2008/028:016 НазваниеKerzaz Sahara 1940 Создательunknown (artist)‎ ОписаниеColour drawing of Kerzaz, Algeria (Sahara), 1940, showing a view of the desert and palm trees. Kerzaz is located in the Bechar region of Algeria, North Africa. The drawing was found among papers of the late Alfred Hofbauer, who served in the French Foreign Legion in North Africa in 1940. The artist's signature is illegible (looks like Manning?) but was possibly Hofbauer's friend and co-leggionaire. Alfred Hofbauer was born in 1913 in Vienna and found refuge in France c. 1938. He escaped to Switzerland c. 1939, joined the French Foreign Legion 1939/1940, then the Pioneer Corps, British Army in 1943. He fought in North Africa and Italy in World War II and came to Australia in 1946. Место изготовленияKerzaz, Algeria Дата circa 1940 ТемаWorld War II (1939-1945), drawing (art), scenic locations, deserts Наименованиеdrawings Материалpaper, pencil Размерность width: 320.00 mm height: 210.00 mm Язык Кредитная линияSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Alfred Hofbauer via the NSW Association of Jewish Service & Ex-Service Men & Women (NAJEX), 2026

Номер объектаM2008/028:016

НазваниеKerzaz Sahara 1940

Создательunknown (artist)‎

ОписаниеColour drawing of Kerzaz, Algeria (Sahara), 1940, showing a view of the desert and palm trees. Kerzaz is located in the Bechar region of Algeria, North Africa. The drawing was found among papers of the late Alfred Hofbauer, who served in the French Foreign Legion in North Africa in 1940. The artist's signature is illegible (looks like Manning?) but was possibly Hofbauer's friend and co-leggionaire. Alfred Hofbauer was born in 1913 in Vienna and found refuge in France c. 1938. He escaped to Switzerland c. 1939, joined the French Foreign Legion 1939/1940, then the Pioneer Corps, British Army in 1943. He fought in North Africa and Italy in World War II and came to Australia in 1946.

Место изготовленияKerzaz, Algeria

Дата circa 1940

ТемаWorld War II (1939-1945), drawing (art), scenic locations, deserts

Наименованиеdrawings

Материалpaper, pencil

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Язык

Кредитная линияSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Alfred Hofbauer via the NSW Association of Jewish Service & Ex-Service Men & Women (NAJEX), 2026

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