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Wet Suit

Feature image of artwork

Wet Suit

  • Artist

    Don Driver

  • Production Date

    1991

  • Medium

    mixed media

  • Size

    1480 x 390 x 230 mm

  • Credit

    Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2011

  • Accession Number

    C2011/1/32/1

  • Accession Date

    22 Sep 2011

  • Department

    New Zealand Art

  • Classification

    Object

  • Collection

    Chartwell

Exhibition history

Extra Ordinary Everyday

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

28/03/2015 — 31/07/2016

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Pathways

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Ground Nut

Ground Nut

Horizontal Relief

Horizontal Relief

Horned Wheel

Horned Wheel

Screen

Screen

Red Bundespost Pocket

Red Bundespost Pocket

Eight Part Piece

Eight Part Piece

Tooled Skin Pocket

Tooled Skin Pocket

Rural Planes

Rural Planes

Euclid

Euclid

Len Lye

Len Lye

PS Handle With Care

PS Handle With Care

Own Drum

Own Drum

Preparation for Hanging

Preparation for Hanging

untitled

untitled

Black and White

Black and White

Carnival

Carnival

Trouser Piece

Trouser Piece

Sugar and Spice

Sugar and Spice

Theorem

Theorem

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