Thanksgiving Foundation

Formed in 1998 the Thanksgiving Foundation's intention is to build a collection of international master works.

  Michael Parekowhai, The Story of a New Zealand River, 2001, paua, capiz, lacquer and wood on a concert grand piano,   	The Auckland Triennial Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, on loan from the Thanksgiving Foundation, 2001

Overview

To date these include Frances Hodgkins' Refugee Children (c1916), the Gallery's first Picasso painting, Verre et pichet (1944) and Michael Parekowhai's Story of a New Zealand River.


Image credit: Michael Parekowhai, The Story of a New Zealand River, 2001, paua, capiz, lacquer and wood on a concert grand piano, The Auckland Triennial Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, on loan from the Thanksgiving Foundation, 2001

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