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Boyce, Raymond Stanley, 1928-2019 :A celebration. The New Zealand Opera Company, 1954-1971. Its founder Donald Munro [as] Count Almaviva. 'The marriage of Figaro' [19]58. 1997
- Date
- 1958 - 1997
- By
- Boyce, Raymond Stanley (Dr), 1928-2019; Munro, Donald George Alfred, 1913-2012
- Reference
- C-168-001
- Description
A commissioned acrylic portrait made for a New Zealand Opera Company reunion in Kelburn, Wellington in Jan or Feb 1998, featuring Donald Munro dressed as Count Almaviva in Mozart's 'The marriage of Figaro'. Munro stands centre-stage in full costume, featuring a powdered wig, red velvet frock-coat and long brown waistcoat, brown knickerbockers, white leggings and high buckled shoes. His left hand rests on the hilt of his sword. Behind him stand a number of other characters from the opera, also dressed in costume
This painting was reproduced on the back of Donald Munro's funeral service sheet, in 2012
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Raymond Boyce '97 [in brushpoint]; Verso - top centre - Painting - acrylic on canvas - by Raymond Boyce 1997. Donald Munro as Count Almaviva, The Marriage of Figaro. The New Zealand Opera Company 1958 also to commemorate the founding of the company [in felt pen]
Quantity: 1 acrylic(s).
Physical Description: Acrylic on canvas, 680 x 450 mm, adhered to foam board, 710 x 480 mm
Provenance: Portrait presented to Donald Munro in 1998. Bequeathed to his family on his death
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 acrylic(s), Works of art, Acrylic paintings, Portraits, Acrylic on canvas, 680 x 450 mm, adhered to foam board, 710 x 480 mm, Orientation: Vertical image
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