Burton, Sally 1949- :Rita Angus in Betty Curnow's shirt / Sally Burton SB 1983.

Date
1983
By
Burton, Sally Jane, 1949-
Reference
G-659
Description

Head and shoulders of artist Rita Angus, dressed in the shirt worn by her subject Betty Curnow in her portrait Betty Curnow, 1942 (original held by the Auckland City Art Gallery). Behind the subject is part of her painting Flight (held by the Museum of New Zealand)

The painting Flight showed the Bolton Street Cemetery in Wellington, during its destruction and replacement with the Wellington motorway, shortly before Rita Angus' death in 1970.

Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Sally Burton and SB inside a square; Verso - Title and date in the artist's hand

Quantity: 1 oil(s) framed.

Physical Description: Oil on hardboard 575 x 606 mm

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Curator required
Format
1 oil(s) framed, Works of art, Oil paintings, Portraits, Oil on hardboard 575 x 606 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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