Leo Bensemann
Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1912, d.1986
Island
- 1977
- Oil on board
- Lawrence Baigent / Robert Erwin bequest, 2003
- 265 x 600mm
- 2003/66
Tags: clouds, horizon line, islands (landforms), landscapes (representations), natural landscapes, seas
Note written by Robert Erwin on reverse:
The island is totally imagined. Lawrence gave me this because we both admired it. Leo said that it was inspired by a stain at the end of his bath!!
See also 'Leo Bensemann landscapes and studies' by Caroline Otto (Nikau Press, 2004), p.79.
