Sculptor at work designing Pania

Maker
Italian Marble Company (Carrara)
Production date
1953-1954
Current rights
All Rights Reserved
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Sculptor at work designing the bronze statue of Pania. Written on the back of the photograph is: having completed the sketch model (left) the sculptor proceeds with the first stage of the full size figure.

The statue was made at the Italian Marble Company, Carrara in Italy. The sculptor's name is unknown.

Photographer, unknown.
The date of the photograph is unknown, however the statue was unveiled on 10 June 1954, so the statue may have been made the year before.
Production date
1953-1954
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black & white photograph
Measurements
Height x Width: 170 x 115mm
Signature/Inscription
Return to V. May Cottrell 1 A Selwyn Road, Napier, N.Z.., Stamp, Stamp
Hawke's Bay Monumental Works Limited, Stamp, Stamp
People July 22 p12, Inscription, Handwritten
Subject period
Subject date
1953-1954
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 5456 b
Credit Line
gifted by Mr G A Wallis. Reproduction by kind permission of the Italian Marble Company.
Other number(s)
m79/14 b, 5456 b, 71529

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