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    Martin Whitworth

    Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1956

    Alphabet (Phoenician to English)

    • 1990
    • Acrylic on canvas
    • Purchased, 1991
    • 1910 x 1310mm
    • 91/47

    Tags: alphabets (symbols), frames (furnishings), nudes (representations), paintings (visual works), people (agents), rules (measuring devices), stencils (tools), studios (work spaces), words

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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
    Canterbury Painting in the 1990s
    Image: uploads/2021_02/91_47.jpg
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