File 12: Paintings including self-portrait and Tatura camp, between 1940 and 1956, by Robert Hofmann
File 12: Paintings including self-portrait and Tatura camp, between 1940 and 1956, by Robert Hofmann
File 12: Paintings including self-portrait and Tatura camp, between 1940 and 1956, by Robert Hofmann
About this item
Full title
Date
between 1940 and 1956
Call Numbers
PXD 1568/Boxes 12-13
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Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
8 paintings - 61 x 51 cm or smaller - oil on board and canvas
Other Descriptions
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Access and use
Copying Conditions
In copyright
Copyright holder : State Library of New South Wales
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
BOX 12
1. Robert Hofmann self portrait with Alex Rueger?, Hay, NSW, 1940
2. Paddy, Hay, 1940
3. Aussie digger with water and rations, between 1940-1956
4. Water tank in courtyard, between 1940-1956
5. Internment Camp Hay (NSW) Guard's Tent, Hay, 1940
6. Internment Camp Tatura, 1942
BOX 13
1. Leonard Man, Melbourne, 1945<...
Alternative Titles
Full title
File 12: Paintings including self-portrait and Tatura camp, between 1940 and 1956, by Robert Hofmann
Notes
General note
No. 1. Titled along top Selbstbild mit [Alex Rueger?] als Mephisto. Meine Faustschen Tatbejahung [Self portrait with Alex Rueger as Mephistopheles, my Faustian affirmation]. Along left border, a quotation after Goethe (with allusion to the Gospel of John 3:9): Noch ist est Tag, es ruehre sich der Mann / Bald kommt die Nacht, da niemand wirken kann...
Contextual Information
Exhibited in
- Dunera: Stories of Internment
State Library of New South Wales (August 2024 - May 2025). Applies to: PXD 1568/Box 12/Items 1 -2
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXD 1568/Boxes 12-13
Record Identifier
nmQpbbon
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nmQpbbon
Other Identifiers
Reference code
9668426
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