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Self-portrait  1966	Journey, Wellington  1962	Woman Sketching AD1965  1965
Moon, July 6th  1965	Moon, July 7th  1965	Moon, July 8th  1965
Moon, July 9th  1965	Moon, July 10th  1965	Moon, July 10th  1965
Moon, July 11th  1965	Moon, July 11th  1965	Moon, July 12th  1965
Moon, July 14th  1965	Moon, July 16th  1965	Moon, July 17th  1965
Growth  1968	Sunset, London  1958	Moon (Leaf Series)  1965
Space  circa 1965	Autumn  circa 1963	Tulip fields, Holland  circa 1959
Study for memorial mural, Napier Girls’ High School  1960	Study for memorial mural, Napier Girls’ High School  1960	Study for memorial mural, Napier Girls’ High School  1960

Study for memorial mural, Napier Girls' High School

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Rita Angus made these studies for a major commission in 1960 – a mural for the Napier Girls’ High School Assembly Hall. The mural was to commemorate the girls killed in the 1931 earthquake.

These studies show the key images from the mural in different arrangements – the ruins of the earthquake, the new town that grew out of them, Napier’s port and farmland, and the schoolgirls themselves. The sun symbolises the school’s motto, ‘Ad lucem’ (towards the light).

The mural measures 4.2 x 4.8 metres and is still displayed in the school’s assembly hall today.