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Rekord verktyg Display vyer	Kerzaz Sahara 1940 Remove from selection Add to selection ObjektnummerM2008/028:016 TitelKerzaz Sahara 1940 Upphovsmanunknown (artist)‎ BeskrivningColour 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. ProduktionsplatsKerzaz, Algeria Datum circa 1940 ÄmneWorld War II (1939-1945), drawing (art), scenic locations, deserts Objektnamndrawings Materialpaper, pencil Dimensioner width: 320.00 mm height: 210.00 mm Språk KreditSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Alfred Hofbauer via the NSW Association of Jewish Service & Ex-Service Men & Women (NAJEX), 2026

ObjektnummerM2008/028:016

TitelKerzaz Sahara 1940

Upphovsmanunknown (artist)‎

BeskrivningColour 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.

ProduktionsplatsKerzaz, Algeria

Datum circa 1940

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

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Materialpaper, pencil

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

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