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NameThe market place, San Remo, Italy
ProductionFrances Hodgkins; artist; January 1902; Italy
Classificationwatercolours, works on paper
Materialswatercolour, paper
Materials Summarywatercolour
DimensionsFrame: 530mm (width), 630mm (height), 30mm (depth)
Registration Number1950-0005-1
Credit lineGift of W.G. Turnbull, 1950
Overview
The figures in the foreground of this Italian market scene are almost in shadow. But the background stalls and buildings are illuminated with bright dots and splashes of paint.
Frances Hodgkins left New Zealand for Europe in 1901, spending time in France and then travelling to Italy. This painting’s free, confident execution seems to reflect the independence she found abroad.