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    Michael Smither

    Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1939

    Figure Sketch

    • 1969
    • Pencil
    • Purchased 1969
    • 697 x 435mm
    • 69/612

    Tags: backs (object portions), figures (representations), line drawings (drawings), nudes (representations), women (female humans)

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    Exhibition History

    Steve Carr A Shot in the Dark (The Bachelor) (detail) 2008. C-type print mounted on dibond. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 2008. Image courtesy of the artist and Michael Lett, Auckland
    The Naked and the Nude
    From Life: Drawings from the Collection
    Image: uploads/2022_07/69_612.jpg
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