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    Petrus van der Velden

    Netherlands / Aotearoa New Zealand / Australia, b.1837, d.1913

    Reclining Nude With Bird

    • 1895
    • Charcoal
    • 392 x 561mm
    • 74/55

    Tags: animals, birds (animals), figures (representations), monochrome, nudes (representations), people (agents), women (female humans)

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    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
    Petrus van der Velden The Dutch Funeral (detail). Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū; gifted by Henry Charles Drury van Asch, 1932
    Contrasts: Petrus van der Velden
    Death and Life: van der Velden's Holland
    Image: uploads/2022_07/74_55.jpg
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