View of Auckland

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About this object

Oil painting of a city landscape. In the foreground are three houses with roofs, downpipes, chimneys, and fire exits. Beyond them are tall office buildings and a church.

Maker

Richard McWhannell; 1952

Production date

1980-1981

Production place

New Zealand

Production period

1980s/20th Century

Production technique

Painted

Media/Materials description

oil on canvas

Media/Materials

Canvas/Weave/Textile/Man-made Materials
Oil/Paint/Man-made Materials

Measurements

Measurements as taken from Architecture of the Heart spreadsheet: Height x Width: 1452 x 1235mm
Measurements as taken from Architecture of the Heart spreadsheet: Height x Width: 1462 x 1245mm

Signature/Inscription

View of Auckland May 1980/ Dec. 1981/ R.M. McWhannell, Inscription

Classification terms

Painting
Art
Communication Artifacts

Current rights

Caption

Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 82/232

Credit line

purchase. Reproduced with kind permission of the artist.

Other number(s)

82/232, 6461

Accession number

82/232

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Place made

New Zealand Polynesia Oceania

Subject place

Auckland City North Island New Zealand Polynesia Oceania

Subject category

Urban landscape Arts Classification Houses Buildings and structures Archive classification

Subject auto tags

Building Paint Art Rectangle Wood Painting Art paint Wall Tints and shades Landscape

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