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    Leo Bensemann

    Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1912, d.1986

    The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

    • c. 1952
    • Ink drawing
    • Purchased, 2005
    • 460 x 350mm
    • 2005/022

    Tags: animals, arrows, axes (tools), birds (animals), crossbows, monochrome, murders, people (agents), plants (living organisms), poetry, railings (balustrades), rigging, seamen, ships, snakes

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    Exhibition History

    William Wyllie The Sloping Deck 1871. Oil on card. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, presented by the family of James Jamieson 1932
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    Ronnie van Hout Ersatz (Sick Child) 2005. Mixed media. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery, purchased by the Friends of Christchurch Art Gallery, 2007
    Collect: New Acquisitions
    Image: uploads/2022_07/2005_22.jpg
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