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RITA ANGUS - Mangonui
Estimate:
$25,000 - $35,000
Sold
$32,500
Live Auction
IMPORTANT & RARE ART
ARTIST
RITA ANGUS (1908 - 70)
Size
28.5 x 35 cm
Description
Watercolour
Signature
Signed & dated 1953
Provenance
Purchased at Important, Early & Rare, International Art Centre, 2011 by current owner
Private Collection, France, until 2010
Private Collection, France, until 2010
Literature
This work is a similar composition to Mangonui, a watercolour from the collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, illustrated p. 143 Life & Vision, edited by William McAloon & Jill Trevelan, Te Papa Press, 2008
Rita Angus visited friends Roy and Joyce Milligan at Mangonui, Northland during the winter 1953 and again in December. By October 1954 she was living in a cottage there and working on landscapes of the surrounding area. Paintings produced at this time, including Mangonui, Northland were exhibited with The Group. When plans to purchase the cottage fell through the artist returned to Wellington in April of 1955
Rita Angus visited friends Roy and Joyce Milligan at Mangonui, Northland during the winter 1953 and again in December. By October 1954 she was living in a cottage there and working on landscapes of the surrounding area. Paintings produced at this time, including Mangonui, Northland were exhibited with The Group. When plans to purchase the cottage fell through the artist returned to Wellington in April of 1955
