Roland Frederick Martin
Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1887, d.1961
Boy on a donkey
- 1951
- Bronze
- Presented by the artist's brother Mr Leonard Martin, 1973
- 65 x 170 x 325mm
- 73/258
Tags: animals, boys, bridles, donkeys, humor, people (agents), sticks (object genre), vegetables
Exhibition History
Ape to Zip, 13 May 2005 - 8 October 2006
In the exhibition Ape to Zip this work was used for the letter C and was displayed with the following label: CARROTS a silly alphabet poem animal, boy, carrots dangling, encouraging forward: “giddyup horsey!” it jolts, keeps lurching, moving now (“oh please! quicker!”) restless sitter thinks: “undersized vegetables won't 'xcite your zebra!”