Rakaumangamanga 21 Oketopa 1984
Rakaumangamanga 21 Oketopa 1984
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Artist
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Production Date
1984
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Size
1795 x 1910 mm
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Credit
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Chartwell Gift Collection, 2014
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Accession Number
2014/8/3
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Accession Date
16 Apr 2014
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Department
New Zealand Art
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Classification
Painting
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Collection
AAG
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Subjects
landscapes (representations), abstraction
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Description
An interest in maps, aerial views and attitudes to land, inspired by working as an aerial survey photographer was evident in Robert Ellis' 1968 "Motorway" series. The graphic emphasis continues in later work based on Te Rawhiti, his wife's home, (a small Maori community in Northland), and Rakaumangamanga, a mountain sacred to Nga Puhi people.
from 'Cross Currents' exhibition, 1991
