Fire Divides / Water Freezes by Janet Laurence

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Fire Divides / Water Freezes

Fire Divides / Water Freezes

Artist

Janet Laurence
Production Date

1991
Medium

burnt wood, acrylic and oil on zinc
Size

1920 x 655 mm
Credit

Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1993
Accession Number

C1994/1/420.1-3
Accession Date

Apr 1993
Department

International Art
Classification

Painting
Collection

Chartwell
Subjects

abstraction, alchemy

Exhibition history

Home and Away

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

04/06/1999 — 22/08/1999