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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen-Webb's
• Sale Name:
  The Warwick & Kitty Brown Collection
• Sale Date:
  17 May 2017 ~ 6.30pm (NZ time)
  18 May 2017 ~ 6.30pm (NZ time)
• Lot #:
  31
• Lot Description:
  Nigel Brown
  Got To Get Away
  oil on board, 1978
  1185mm x 1995mm
  signed Nigel Brown and dated July '78 lower centre in brushpoint; signed N R Brown Titirangi verso, dated 1978 and inscribed GOT TO GET AWAY verso
• Provenance:
  Purchased Barry Lett Galleries, c. 1978.
• Exhibited:
  Family Reunion: Selected works from the Warwick and Kitty Brown collection, NORTHART, Auckland, 19 February to 12 March 2017.
• Notes:
  A NOTE FROM WARWICK BROWN: Nigel Brown uses symbols in his work and like his mentor Colin McCahon, re-uses and mixes these emblems in an on-going process. Here he employs the black dog, the kite flyer, the runner, the Ark (formed by two driveways isolating the house in the centre) and the rocket ship, with access ladder. All these symbols have appeared in other paintings. At this time, the concerns of Brown's work could be described as 'suffocation in suburbia'. As the title demonstrates, the suburbanite needs to get away, break free of routine and seek spiritual renewal.
• Estimate:
  NZ$12,000 - 18,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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