IMAGE
Hansen, Albert, 1876-1957 :Pukehoe Hill [ca 1940]
- Date
- 1935 - 1945
- By
- Hansen, Albert, 1876-1957
- Reference
- B-116-019
- Description
Looking across a railway track towards a hill dotted with houses. A factory with a smoking chimney is on the left, across the track. There are rail trucks on a more distant track, and men working alongside the railway line.
The factory has been identified as the 'Dehy' factory, probably set up by the Americans during World War II, to dehydrate vegetables. It burned down after the war.
Believed on acquisition to the Library to show Pukehou, central Hawkes Bay and to date to ca 1900. However a letter dated 27 March 2013 from the artist's grandson clarified its location as Pukekohe Hill, Franklin District, where the artist lived, and the factory as one established by the Americans in World War II.
Other Titles - Pukekohe
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - A. Hansen; Backing board recto - Pukehoe Hill. On backing board of frame, now discarded
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour 268 x 383 mm.
Provenance: Previously unsold at Cordy's auction, Auckland, 21 August 2006
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour 268 x 383 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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