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    Olivia Spencer Bower

    England / Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1905, d.1982

    Rising Mists, Lake Wakatipu

    • c. 1938
    • Watercolour and pencil
    • Presented through the Olivia Spencer Bower Estate, 1982
    • 260 x 365mm
    • 83/09
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    Location: W A Sutton Gallery

    Tags: clouds, fog, lakes (bodies of water), landscapes (representations), mountains, natural landscapes, purple (color)

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    Exhibition History

    Mary Barrett Horse (detail) c. 1936. Bronze. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, gift of the Bensemann family, 2020
    Dear Shurrie: Francis Shurrock and his contemporaries
    Archibald Nicoll Twilight Auckland Waterfront 1909. Oil on canvas board. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 1984
    Our Collection: 19th and 20th Century New Zealand Art
    Olivia Spencer Bower Queenstown and the Lake from the Snowfields date unknown. Watercolour and pencil. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 1976 
    Olivia Spencer Bower: Views from the Mainland
    W.A. Sutton Colour sketch for 'Homage to Frances Hodgkins' 1951. Oil, gift of the artist, 1978 (78/81)
    Bloomsbury South: The Arts in Christchurch 1933-1953
    Image: uploads/2014_11/2ccb85d047d0372f974fa02a63cd2392.jpg
    Olivia Spencer Bower Retrospective
    Image: uploads/2025_03/83_09.jpg
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