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Boats, Island Bay  1968	View from Tinakori Road  1966-67	Before demolition  circa 1966-67
Boats, Island Bay  circa 1965	At Suzy’s Coffee Lounge  1967	Self-portrait  1967-68
Spring, Thorndon  circa 1962	Garden with magnolia tree and house  circa 1962	The artist’s studio  circa 1962
Still-life  1961-62	Self-portrait with fruit  1960-61	Wellington sketchbook  1960s
Island Bay sketchbook  circa 1968

Before demolition

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In 1965, Rita Angus received troubling news. Many neighbours had been told they would have to evacuate their homes because the land was needed for a new motorway through Wellington.

Angus’s own home was not affected, but she was shocked to learn that part of the motorway might extend over her boundary. In the following years, she painted several works, such as Before demolition, to document the old wooden houses of Thorndon.