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Figure at Sumner

Figure at Sumner circa 1949
watercolour, 254 x 172 mm
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, on loan from the Rita Angus Estate

Rita Angus made many watercolour studies for her goddess paintings between 1944 and 1955.


Rutu 1951	A Goddess of Mercy 1945-47	Sun Goddess 1949

Douglas Lilburn 1945	St Luke 1953-55	The apple pickers 1944

Dona Nobis Pacem (Ralph Vaughan Williams) 1944	Theo Schoon circa 1941-43	Portrait of R. Gormack, Esq. 1948-49

Head of a Maori Boy 1951	Schoolgirl 1950	Waterlilies 1950

Canna leaves and flowers circa 1948	Cannas circa 1948	Crocus circa 1946

Orange leaves circa 1948	Sea and palms circa 1948	Red and orange begonia leaves circa 1948

Sketch enclosed with letter to Douglas Lilburn 1943	Douglas Lilburn 1944-50	Riverside sketchbook 1940s

Girl in tartan circa 1946	Figure at Sumner circa 1949	Fair-haired woman with bird circa 1948

Sketchbook circa 1945