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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

Growth

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Rita Angus named this painting Growth, alluding to the natural world that inspired it. ‘I just wanted the feeling of something sprouting,’ she said. Against a grid, a series of flower-like shapes thrust upwards and burst open.

Growth, with its simple geometric forms, is one of Angus’s most abstract pictures. She painted it late in life, when she was 61, and commented that ‘a lot of thought’ had gone into it.

The work was included in an exhibition that Angus held at Victoria University in 1968. Art historian Antony Murray-Oliver described Angus’s work as ‘youthful and exciting, simple but subtle. It repays thoughtful study.’