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    Bill Sutton

    Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1917, d.2000

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    Axemen

    • 1941
    • Work on paper
    • William A Sutton bequest, 2000
    • 250 x 278mm
    • 2000/121

    Location: W A Sutton Gallery

    Tags: axes (tools), buildings (structures), deforestation, factories (structures), forests (cultural landscapes), people (agents), trees

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    About the artist

    Sutton, William Alexander (Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1917, d.2000)

     

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    Exhibition History

    Mary Barrett Horse (detail) c. 1936. Bronze. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, gift of the Bensemann family, 2020
    Dear Shurrie: Francis Shurrock and his contemporaries
    Image: uploads/2025_03/2000_121.jpg
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