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Ralph Hotere 'O Africa'
Estimate:
$50,000 - $75,000
Passed
Live Auction
162: Important Paintings & Contemporary Art
ARTIST
Ralph Hotere
Category
Description
Ralph Hotere
O Africa
acrylic and oil on shaped canvas
title inscribed signed and dated 9 - ’66 and inscribed: On bloody acts that make / less human mankinds / brighter sun / Let revulsion rise / Eclipse the moons black evil / so that innocence and the child shall reign / So that we may dream / good dreams again / Hone Tuwhare
1500 x 580 x 230mm
Provenance
Collection of Annette Asher, Wellington.
Private collection, Christchurch.
Purchased from Art+Object, Auckland, 25 March 2010, Lot No. 23.
O Africa
acrylic and oil on shaped canvas
title inscribed signed and dated 9 - ’66 and inscribed: On bloody acts that make / less human mankinds / brighter sun / Let revulsion rise / Eclipse the moons black evil / so that innocence and the child shall reign / So that we may dream / good dreams again / Hone Tuwhare
1500 x 580 x 230mm
Provenance
Collection of Annette Asher, Wellington.
Private collection, Christchurch.
Purchased from Art+Object, Auckland, 25 March 2010, Lot No. 23.
