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Milan Mrkusich

City lights

1955

Artwork Information

The artist originally described this painting as 'a study of the advancing and receding properties of colours.' City lights departs from conventional representations of urban landscape to generate a complex and kaleidoscopic rhythm. The colours float in and out of 'patch-worked' colour fields within one of the most acclaimed abstract paintings created in New Zealand.

Title
City lights
Production Date
1955
Medium
oil on cotton on board
Dimensions
762 x 924 mm
Credit Line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1989
Accession No
1989/45
Copyright
Copying restrictions apply
Department
New Zealand Art
Display Status
Not on display

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