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Title

King Mitakata, New Guinea

1953

Artist

Nora Heysen

Australia

11 Jan 1911 – 30 Dec 2003

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  • Details

    Other Title
    King Mitakaka, New Guinea
    Place where the work was made
    Papua New Guinea
    Date
    1953
    Media category
    Drawing
    Materials used
    sanguine, pastel on laid paper
    Dimensions
    63.5 x 48.5 cm sheet
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Gift of the artist 2003
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    384.2003
    Copyright
    © Lou Klepac

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Papua New Guinea

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 1 exhibition

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 3 publications

    • Jane Hylton, Nora Heysen: light and life, 'Peaceful and conductive: A home of her own', pg. 39-45, Kent Town, 2009, 40, 83 (colour illus.).

    • Hendrik Kolenberg, Look, 'Focus on Nora Heysen', pg. 20-21, Sydney, Dec 2005-Jan 2006, 20.

    • Catherine Speck (Editor), Heysen to Heysen: selected letters of Hans Heysen and Nora Heysen, 'Touring the Pacific and settling in Sydney 1953-1959', pg. 217-266, Canberra, 2011, 220, n.pag. (colour illus.), 351. Illustration between pg. 248 and 249.

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