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Cerulean Blue - To Len Lye

Feature image of artwork

Cerulean Blue - To Len Lye

  • Artist

    Max Gimblett

  • Production Date

    1981

  • Medium

    acrylic polymer on canvas

  • Size

    2290 x 2285 mm

  • Credit

    Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1981

  • Accession Number

    C1994/1/69

  • Accession Date

    Aug 1981

  • Department

    New Zealand Art

  • Classification

    Painting

  • Collection

    Chartwell

  • Subjects

    abstraction, squares (geometric figures), cerulean blue

Exhibition history

Blue Planet

Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū

21/11/2009 — 20/02/2011

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Cross Currents: Contemporary New Zealand and Australian Art from the Chartwell Collection

Waikato Museum of Art and History | Te Whare Taonga o Waikato

14/07/1991 — 25/08/1991

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No. 2

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No. 20

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Red Black White Gold

Red Black White Gold

No. 12

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No. 4 - For Colin McCahon

No. 4 - For Colin McCahon

No. 13

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No. 8

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No. 10

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No. 14

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No. 15

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Cerulean Blue - To Len Lye

Cerulean Blue - To Len Lye

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Divine

Divine

Untitled Suite of Four

Untitled Suite of Four

Ghosts, Demons, and Dragons - 2

Ghosts, Demons, and Dragons - 2

No. 16

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No. 11

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No. 19

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No. 5

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No. 9

No. 9

The Red Sea

The Red Sea

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