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Title

Robert Klippel with his mother, Haide and brother, David in the garden at Bowral

January 1941

Artist

Unknown

Australia

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Bowral → New South Wales → Australia
    Date
    January 1941
    Media category
    Photograph
    Materials used
    gelatin silver photograph
    Dimensions
    5.6 x 8.1 cm image; 6.3 x 8.7 cm sheet
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    National Art Archive. Gift of Andrew Klippel 2017. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    ARC409.1.42
    Copyright

    Reproduction requests

    Artist information
    Unknown

    Works in the collection

    1,092

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  • About

    Robert Klippel was the second of three sons. His other brother, John Owen, was away at war when this photograph was taken at the family home in Bowral. He was a flying officer with the Royal Australian Airforce and was killed on 7 May 1944.

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