Evans, Judith Christine 1920- : [Communist Party murals / Judy Evans and Guy Harding] [1944?]

Date: 1944

From: Evans, Judith Christine 1920- : [Communist Party murals / Judy Evans and Guy Harding] [1944?]

Reference: F-016

Description: Engels, top centre, and Marx, top right, alongside a text reading: Working men of all countries unite. Below them are a Chinese man, a Native American man and a woman. Marx is holding a page from Das Kapital, starting 'That the short way is the ... no one denies'. The three figures below are holding a full volume of 'Capital' in English translation, open so that the text can be read. This is section 4 out of 8 sections, painted onto 9 pinex panels Painted for the Friends of the Soviet Union by Judy Evans and her father Guy Harding. Hung in the Unity Centre, Wellington. Known as the Harding murals for many years, however discussions with Judy Evans made it clear that she devised the murals and carried out most of the painting, with assistance from her father. Inspired by the work of Diego Rivera. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Tempera on pinex panel, 1220 x 1240 mm Provenance: Painted and displayed as murals for the walls of the Unity Centre, Cuba Street. Later removed and stored in a garage for many years.

Date: 1944

From: Evans, Judith Christine 1920- : [Communist Party murals / Judy Evans and Guy Harding] [1944?]

Reference: F-019-2

Description: Part two of a larger panel with the same title. Shows a male figure, his left arm raised high, holding a star in his hand. He is standing on a dais marked with the names of various countries, including New Zealand, Russia, China, and India This is section 8 (or 7, part 2) out of 8 sections, painted onto 9 pinex panels Painted for the Friends of the Soviet Union by Judy Evans and her father Guy Harding. Hung in the Unity Centre, Wellington. Known as the Harding murals for many years, however discussions with Judy Evans made it clear that she devised the murals and carried out most of the painting, with assistance from her father. Inspired by the work of Diego Rivera. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Tempera on pinex panel, 1220 x 600 mm Provenance: Painted and displayed as murals for the walls of the Unity Centre, Cuba Street. Later removed and stored in a garage for many years.

Date: 1944

From: Evans, Judith Christine 1920- : [Communist Party murals / Judy Evans and Guy Harding] [1944?]

Reference: F-015

Description: A panel showing progress under Communism. On the left is a young man, with a figure behind him holding a sheet marked: Private enterprise. Young man and a career. An older man in a top hat clutches the young man on the shoulder. A hand in the sky area points to the right of the panel and various figures surge forward and upwards, demonstrating progress in peace and unity. This is section 3 out of 8 sections, painted onto 9 pinex panels Painted for the Friends of the Soviet Union by Judy Evans and her father Guy Harding. Hung in the Unity Centre, Wellington. Known as the Harding murals for many years, however discussions with Judy Evans made it clear that she devised the murals and carried out most of the painting, with assistance from her father. Inspired by the work of Diego Rivera. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Tempera on pinex panel, 1220 x 2760 mm Provenance: Painted and displayed as murals for the walls of the Unity Centre, Cuba Street. Later removed and stored in a garage for many years.

Date: 1944

From: Evans, Judith Christine 1920- : [Communist Party murals / Judy Evans and Guy Harding] [1944?]

Reference: F-014

Description: Mussolini vanquished and lying sprawled across part of the globe. His right hand rests on the skulls of his victims, and the symbols of Italian Fascism, the fasces and twin axes lie crushed beneath his right boot. Communist soldiers in miniature are scrambling over his body. One soldier on Mussolini's chest is planting flags marked: Stalingrad, Tunisia, 2nd Front. In the background to the left, another Communist soldier is defeating a Nazi soldier. To the right, a Communist soldier holds a small boy high in his arms. Behind him is a row of crosses marking graves. This is section 2 out of 8 sections, painted onto 9 panels. Painted for the Friends of the Soviet Union by Judy Evans and her father Guy Harding. Hung in the Unity Centre, Wellington. Known as the Harding murals for many years, however discussions with Judy Evans made it clear that she devised the murals and carried out most of the painting, with assistance from her father. Inspired by the work of Diego Rivera. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Tempera on pinex panel, 1220 x 3040 mm Provenance: Painted and displayed as murals for the walls of the Unity Centre, Cuba Street. Later removed and stored in a garage for many years.

Date: 1944

From: Evans, Judith Christine 1920- : [Communist Party murals / Judy Evans and Guy Harding] [1944?]

Reference: F-018

Description: Joseph Stalin in the centre in front of a microphone, holding the Franchise and Emancipation Act in his right hand. To the left is a black man, to the right a European and an Asian man, with landscapes ranging from palm trees to mountains in the background This is section 6 out of 8 sections, painted onto 9 pinex panels Painted for the Friends of the Soviet Union by Judy Evans and her father Guy Harding. Hung in the Unity Centre, Wellington. Known as the Harding murals for many years, however discussions with Judy Evans made it clear that she devised the murals and carried out most of the painting, with assistance from her father. Inspired by the work of Diego Rivera. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Tempera on pinex panel, 1220 x 1500 mm Provenance: Painted and displayed as murals for the walls of the Unity Centre, Cuba Street. Later removed and stored in a garage for many years.

Date: 1944

From: Evans, Judith Christine 1920- : [Communist Party murals / Judy Evans and Guy Harding] [1944?]

Reference: F-021

Description: In the centre, the text of a poem by William Morris, Memory hold fast their names'. To the left, the Statue of Liberty. To the right, a working man holding a large volume titled Roll of honour. Around the edges are banners marked with the names of various revolutions or movements towards independence: The Peasants' Revolt, England, 1381; Commonwealth, 1649; Declaration of Independence, USA, 1776; French Revolution, 1789; Communist Manifesto, 1848; First International, 1864; Paris Commune, 1871; 1st Russian Revolution, 1905; The Russian Revolution, 1917; Third International, 1919; Spanish Civil War, 1936; Anti-Fascist World War, 1941 This is section 10 out of 10 sections, painted onto 9 pinex panels. Section 9 is missing Painted for the Friends of the Soviet Union by Judy Evans and her father Guy Harding. Hung in the Unity Centre, Wellington. Known as the Harding murals for many years, however discussions with Judy Evans made it clear that she devised the murals and carried out most of the painting, with assistance from her father. Inspired by the work of Diego Rivera. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Tempera on pinex panel, 1220 x 2400 mm Provenance: Painted and displayed as murals for the walls of the Unity Centre, Cuba Street. Later removed and stored in a garage for many years.

Date: 1944

From: Evans, Judith Christine 1920- : [Communist Party murals / Judy Evans and Guy Harding] [1944?]

Reference: F-020

Description: In the centre, a mother reading to her son. Behind her is the arch of a rainbow. To the left, a man holds up a building plan, titled 'Workers' Polytechnic'. To the right, a man and a woman mount the scaffolding of a building, the man with a climbing rope looped around his shoulders. This is section 9 out of 9 sections, painted onto 9 pinex panels Painted for the Friends of the Soviet Union by Judy Evans and her father Guy Harding. Hung in the Unity Centre, Wellington. Known as the Harding murals for many years, however discussions with Judy Evans made it clear that she devised the murals and carried out most of the painting, with assistance from her father. Inspired by the work of Diego Rivera. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Tempera on pinex panel, 1220 x 3040 mm Provenance: Painted and displayed as murals for the walls of the Unity Centre, Cuba Street. Later removed and stored in a garage for many years.

Date: 1944

From: Evans, Judith Christine 1920- : [Communist Party murals / Judy Evans and Guy Harding] [1944?]

Reference: F-019-1

Description: In the centre, a Maori woman, her head crowned with a laurel wreath and a central star, a tiki around her neck. In her right hand she holds the produce of the sea, in her left, in cornucopia style, the fruits of the land spill out. Behind her are figures from around the work, engaged in work and receiving largesse. One man on the right holds a placard which states: One day's pay for one week's rent. On the far right, a man holds a house aloft; on the far left another holds trains and planes aloft. This is section 7 out of 8 sections, painted onto 9 pinex panels Inspired by the work of Diego Rivera. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Tempera on pinex panel, 1220 x 3040 mm Provenance: Painted for the Friends of the Soviet Union by Judy Evans and her father Guy Harding. Hung in the Unity Centre, Wellington. Known as the Harding murals for many years, however discussions with Judy Evans made it clear that she devised the murals and carried out most of the painting, with assistance from her father. Painted and displayed as murals for the walls of the Unity Centre, Cuba Street. Later removed and stored in a garage for many years.

Date: 1944

From: Evans, Judith Christine 1920- : [Communist Party murals / Judy Evans and Guy Harding] [1944?]

Reference: F-017

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of Lenin, with a banner below him reading: Workers and farmer unite. He is surrounded by the smaller figures of workers and farmers, one holding the Russian sickle, another the hammer. In the centre foreground, two large hands are clasped as a symbol of unity. In the background, part of a factory can be seen to the left, and part of a farm, with men working, to the right. This is part 5 out of 8 sections (painted on 9 sheets of pinex) Painted for the Friends of the Soviet Union by Judy Evans and her father Guy Harding. Hung in the Unity Centre, Wellington. Known as the Harding murals for many years, however discussions with Judy Evans made it clear that she devised the murals and carried out most of the painting, with assistance from her father. Inspired by the work of Diego Rivera. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Tempera on pinex panel, 1220 x 1520 mm Provenance: Painted and displayed as murals for the walls of the Unity Centre, Cuba Street. Later removed and stored in a garage for many years.