The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Jungle Rations - Guadalcanal
1945
(American, 1901–1980)
Sheet: 48.6 x 35.5 cm (19 1/8 x 14 in.); Image: 40 x 28.9 cm (15 3/4 x 11 3/8 in.)
Bequest of John Bonebrake 2012.285
Catalogue raisonné: Duffy and Duffy 204
Location: not on view
Description
Bonebrake served in the United States Army during World War II and was sent to Italy, Japan, and the Philippines. Cook served as an artist war correspondent in the Solomon Isalnds, also in the western Pacific, in 1943-44. His powerful image of a soldier on the largest of these islands, Guadalcanal, the site of a bitter battle between the American and Japanese forces in 1942-43, resonated with Bonebrake.- A Passion for Prints: The John Bonebrake Donation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 2, 2011-January 29, 2012).
- {{cite web|title=Jungle Rations - Guadalcanal|url=false|author=Howard Cook|year=1945|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2012.285