Japan 1
Artist
Bill HAMMOND (New Zealander, b.1947, d.2021): Artist
Production date
1991
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Description
An abstract 'collage-style' scene featuring a range of objects that relate to Japanese culture including: traditional blossom and bonsai tree and wave imagery, calligraphy, cityscapes, theatrical masks, the 'Rising Sun' motif and food. At centre are two figures scratched (scraffito) into the paint, which have building/box shaped heads who are marching in a line and holding umbrellas. There is another group of figures, painted in black, also holding umbrellas, which have been partially obscured with a field of black paint.
Medium
Acrylic on alloy
Measurements
Dimensions: 0 - Whole: 670 x 845mm
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Credit line
Gifted by Margarent and Geoffrey Candy in 2000
Accession number
881
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