Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
An Introduction to New Zealand Painting 1839-1980.
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Bib. Number0014832
An Introduction to New Zealand Painting 1839-1980.
Author/EditorBROWN Gordon H., KEITH Hamish.
PublisherBateman
Place PublishedAuckland
Year1988
Date & Collation240pp.Illus.Bibliog.
LanguageEnglish
More InformationNew and Revised Edition. First published 1969, reprinted 1975 (Fontana Silver Fern). This revised and enlarged edition published 1982 by William Collins. Reprinted 1988 by David Bateman. Mentions the influence of Moore and other modern artists through being exhibited in the 1939 Centennial Exhibition of International and New Zealand Art at the National Art Gallery, Wellington (See 0014839). In 1956 however the New Zealand public was confronted in the Henry Moore exhibition with modern art for the first time... The Moore exhibition was the first major contemporary collection brought to New Zealand"."