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Artist
Nigel BROWN (New Zealander, b.1949): Artist
 Production date
1983
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Description
A black ink woodcut portrait of New Zealand modernist writer, James K. Baxter, wearing a black robe and a cross around his neck, clutching a book. There is a man with crossed arms standing behind Baxter, alongside a woman holding a baby, with a house in the background. This image references the period when Baxter led an alternative community at Jerusalem in the upper Whanganui river region, which followed the Catholic faith and practiced Maori cultural values.
Medium
Woodcut on paper
Measurements
Dimensions: 1 - Image: 775 x 435mm
Dimensions: 2 - Frame: 1043 x 695mm
Subject person
James K. Baxter (b.1926, d.1972)
Subject place
Jerusalem, Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
Related information
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Brown
Credit line
Purchased in 1983
Accession number
664

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