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    James Durden

    British, b.1877, d.1964

    A Blue Room In Kensington

    • c. 1930
    • Oil on canvas
    • Presented by a group of Christchurch citizens, 1932
    • 523 x 520mm
    • 69/396

    Tags: blue (color), carpets, chairs (furniture forms), fireplaces, flowers (plants), frames (ornament areas), furniture, interior, living rooms, mantels (fireplace components), mirrors, paintings (visual works), windows

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    Exhibition History

    Jacopo Amigoni Bacchus and Ariadne 1730–39. Oil on canvas. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, presented to the Canterbury Society of Arts by the Neave family in memory of their brother Kenelm, 1931; given to the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, 1932
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