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They Comfort Me

Feature image of artwork

They Comfort Me

Artist

Michael Parekōwhai
Production Date

1992
Medium

enamel paint on wood
Size

65kg
Credit

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

C1994/1/385.1-37
Accession Date

Mar 1993
Department

New Zealand Art
Classification

Installation
Collection

Chartwell
Subjects

toys (recreational artifacts), games, sticks, popular culture

Exhibition history

Stop Making Sense: Surrealist Legacies

The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson

20/10/2024 — 09/02/2025

Stop Making Sense: Surrealist Legacies

The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson

20/10/2024 — 09/02/2025

Home and Away

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

04/06/1999 — 22/08/1999

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