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| Self-portrait 1966 | Journey, Wellington 1962 | Woman Sketching AD1965 1965 |
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| Moon, July 6th 1965 | Moon, July 7th 1965 | Moon, July 8th 1965 |
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| Moon, July 9th 1965 | Moon, July 10th 1965 | Moon, July 10th 1965 |
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| Moon, July 11th 1965 | Moon, July 11th 1965 | Moon, July 12th 1965 |
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| Moon, July 14th 1965 | Moon, July 16th 1965 | Moon, July 17th 1965 |
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| Growth 1968 | Sunset, London 1958 | Moon (Leaf Series) 1965 |
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| Space circa 1965 | Autumn circa 1963 | Tulip fields, Holland circa 1959 |
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| 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 |
Tulip fields, Holland
Tulip fields, Holland circa 1959
tempera on cardboard, 260 x 290 x 16 mm
Private collection
When Rita Angus travelled to Amsterdam in 1959, she glimpsed the tulip fields from the window of her train. She noted the colours in her diary: ‘red purple pink yellow off white & hyacinths’.
Soon afterwards, Angus painted this work, in which colourful abstract shapes suggest the tulips.
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