Whakarara Landscape

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About this object

Oil on hardboard depicting Whakarara in Hawke's Bay. A grey road runs through the middle with hills either side in pinks, blues, browns, yellows and oranges. Signed Helmore. Dated.

Maker

Desmond Helmore; 1940

Production date

1965

Production place

New Zealand

Production period

1960s/20th Century

Production technique

Brush/Painted

Media/Materials description

Oil on board

Media/Materials

Hardboard/Wood Products/Man-made Materials
Oil/Paint/Man-made Materials

Measurements

Height x Width: 798 x 593mm
Height x Width: 825 x 618mm

Signature/Inscription

Helmore / '65, Signature, Handwritten
D.H., Initials, Handwritten
Whakarara Landscape / D. W. Helmore / 15, Inscription, Handwritten

Classification terms

Painting
Art
Communication Artifacts

Current rights

Caption

Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 64/160

Credit line

purchase

Other number(s)

64/160, 5961

Accession number

64/160

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Place made

New Zealand Polynesia Oceania

Subject place

Whakarara Central Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay North Island New Zealand Polynesia Oceania

Subject category

Landscape Arts Classification

Subject auto tags

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