Nigel Brown b. 1949
One Tree Hill Across the Manukau Orange Version 1973, 1973
Acrylic on hardboard
80 x 120 cm (unframed)
86 x 127 cm (framed)
86 x 127 cm (framed)
Signed & dated 1973
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“Painted for my second solo show at Mollers Gallery in Auckland 1973. The central obelisk is given prominence over the land - with tree as a sword hilt. The dubious...
“Painted for my second solo show at Mollers Gallery in Auckland 1973. The central obelisk is given prominence over the land - with tree as a sword hilt. The dubious Logan Campbell aspect of a monument to a dying Maori race was not my concern - so when the pine tree was cut down by a Maori activist, I became aware that obelisks have many connotations to do with power and domination.
Moller told me that McCahon and Mrkusich had visited the show.”
Brown 2025