Renaissance
Maker
Hipkins, Roland
Production date
1932
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
Oil on canvas depicting the ruins of Napier after the 1931 earthquake and fire. The work features modernist art deco buildings under construction in the background and sprouting native tree ferns emerging in the foreground around the ruins of St Paul's Church.
Signed. Undated.
Signed. Undated.
Production date
1932
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 950 x 1070mm
Signature/Inscription
Roland Hipkins, Signature, Handwritten
Rennaissance / by Roland Hipkins / £100gns., Inscription, Handwritten
Renaissance / by Roland Hipkins (1894-1951). / Pres: the de Beer family London 1952 / This represents the rise of Napier / after the earthquake of 1931., Inscription, Engraved
Rennaissance / by Roland Hipkins / £100gns., Inscription, Handwritten
Renaissance / by Roland Hipkins (1894-1951). / Pres: the de Beer family London 1952 / This represents the rise of Napier / after the earthquake of 1931., Inscription, Engraved
Classification terms
Current rights
Credit line
gifted by the de Beer Family
Reproduced with kind permission from Michael Roland Hipkins, Melbourne
Reproduced with kind permission from Michael Roland Hipkins, Melbourne
Other number(s)
51/125, 6064
Accession number
51/125
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