Doris Lusk

Tobacco Fields, Pangatotara, Nelson

Tobacco Fields, Pangatotara, Nelson by Doris Lusk

Artwork Detail

Doris Lusk's feelings for place is a distinctive element in her landscape painting, working on this composition while staying with Anne and Colin McCahon in Pangatotara in the summer of 1942-43. She and Colin went sketching together and gave each other the paintings that resulted from their excursion.

Title
Tobacco Fields, Pangatotara, Nelson
Artist/creator
Doris Lusk
Production date
1943
Medium
oil on cardboard
Dimensions
457 x 533 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Colin McCahon, 1966
Accession no
1966/16/1
Other ID
66/31 Old Accession Number
Copyright
Copying restrictions apply
Department
New Zealand Art
Display status
Not on display

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