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Wallace Art Award
Wallace Art Award

Free entry

Wallace Art Award

Free entry

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The Walters Prize 2010
The Walters Prize 2010

Free entry

The Walters Prize 2010

Free entry

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The Walters Prize 2012
The Walters Prize 2012

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The Walters Prize 2012

Free entry

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The Walters Prize 2014
The Walters Prize 2014

Free entry

The Walters Prize 2014

Free entry

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Tenth Wallace Art Award
Tenth Wallace Art Award

Free entry

Tenth Wallace Art Award

Free entry

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The Walters Prize 2004
The Walters Prize 2004

$7 - $5

The Walters Prize 2004

$7 - $5

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The Walters Prize 2008
The Walters Prize 2008

Free entry

The Walters Prize 2008

Free entry

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The Walters Prize 2002
The Walters Prize 2002

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The Walters Prize 2002

Free entry

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The Walters Prize 2018
The Walters Prize 2018

The Walters Prize 2018

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The Walters Prize 2006
The Walters Prize 2006

Free entry

The Walters Prize 2006

Free entry

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The Walters Prize 2016
The Walters Prize 2016

Free entry

The Walters Prize 2016

Free entry

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The Walters Prize 2021
The Walters Prize 2021

FREE

The Walters Prize 2021

FREE

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Better to Give: The Greg Semu Archive
Better to Give: The Greg Semu Archive

Free entry

Better to Give: The Greg Semu Archive

Free entry

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John Pule: Hauaga (Arrivals)
John Pule: Hauaga (Arrivals)

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John Pule: Hauaga (Arrivals)

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Tino Sehgal: Yet untitled
Tino Sehgal: Yet untitled

FREE

Tino Sehgal: Yet untitled

FREE

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Richard Lewer: Collective Memory
Richard Lewer: Collective Memory

Richard Lewer: Collective Memory

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Gordon Walters: New Vision
Gordon Walters: New Vision

Gordon Walters: New Vision

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Italian Language Weekend: animated short film screening
Italian Language Weekend: animated short film screening

3pm

Free

Enjoy some award-winning Italian short animated films courtesy of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Piemonte.

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March Photography workshop with Simon Devitt
March Photography workshop with Simon Devitt

11am–3.30pm

$150 for Members, $200 non-Members Book now

Photographer, lecturer and award-winning publisher Simon Devitt is back with his half-day workshop.

March Photography workshop with Simon Devitt

11am–3.30pm

$150 for Members, $200 non-Members Book now

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Welcome tour for new Members
Welcome tour for new Members

11am

Members-only

Come along for a short welcome tour of the Gallery for new Members. This way-finding tour will introduce you to the Gallery’s layout and to all the key locations around our award-winning building.

 

 

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New Members Tour: Sat 27 Feb
New Members Tour: Sat 27 Feb

11am–12pm

Free for Members (RSVP required)

In this wayfinding tour, you will be introduced to the Gallery’s layout, iconic artworks and the key sites in our award-winning building, including the Members lounge.

New Members Tour: Sat 27 Feb

11am–12pm

Free for Members (RSVP required)

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New Members Tour: Tue 16 Mar
New Members Tour: Tue 16 Mar

11am–12pm

Free for Members (RSVP required)

In this wayfinding tour, you will be introduced to the Gallery’s layout, iconic artworks and the key sites in our award-winning building, including the Members lounge.

New Members Tour: Tue 16 Mar

11am–12pm

Free for Members (RSVP required)

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Colin McCahon: I Am
Colin McCahon: I Am

1.30pm

Free

This award-winning documentary looks at the life and work of New Zealand's most celebrated painter, Colin McCahon

Colin McCahon: I Am

1.30pm

Free

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Anna Crichton: The mistress of pictorial puns
Anna Crichton: The mistress of pictorial puns

3pm

Free

Enjoy an illustrated talk from satirical caricaturist and multi award-winning illustrator Anna Crichton – the mistress of pictorial puns.

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Italian Language Weekend: animated short film screening
Italian Language Weekend: animated short film screening

12pm

Free

Enjoy some award-winning Italian short animated films courtesy of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Piemonte.

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Welcome tour for new Members
Welcome tour for new Members

2pm

Free for Members

Come along for a welcome tour of the Gallery for new Members. This wayfinding tour will introduce you to the Gallery’s layout and to all the key sites around our award-winning building. 

 

 

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New Members Tour: Wed 10 Feb
New Members Tour: Wed 10 Feb

2–3pm

Free for Members (RSVP required)

In this wayfinding tour, you will be introduced to the Gallery’s layout, iconic artworks and the key sites in our award-winning building, including the Members lounge.

New Members Tour: Wed 10 Feb

2–3pm

Free for Members (RSVP required)

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New Members Tour: Wed 26 May
New Members Tour: Wed 26 May

2–3pm

Free for Members (RSVP required)

In this wayfinding tour, you will be introduced to the Gallery’s layout, iconic artworks and the key sites in our award-winning building, including the Members lounge.

New Members Tour: Wed 26 May

2–3pm

Free for Members (RSVP required)

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Welcome tour for new Members
Welcome tour for new Members

11am

Fully booked

Come along for a short welcome tour of the Gallery for new Members. This way-finding tour will introduce you to the Gallery’s layout and to all the key locations around our award-winning building.

 

 

Welcome tour for new Members

11am

Fully booked

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Welcome tour for new Members
Welcome tour for new Members

3pm

Fully booked

Come along for a short welcome tour of the Gallery for new Members. This way-finding tour will introduce you to the Gallery’s layout and to all the key locations around our award-winning building.

 

 

Welcome tour for new Members

3pm

Fully booked

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New Members Tour: Sun 18 Apr
New Members Tour: Sun 18 Apr

2–3pm

Free for Members (RSVP required)

In this wayfinding tour, you will be introduced to the Gallery’s layout, iconic artworks and the key sites in our award-winning building, including the Members lounge.

New Members Tour: Sun 18 Apr

2–3pm

Free for Members (RSVP required)

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Welcome tour for new Members
Welcome tour for new Members

3pm

Free for Members

Come along for a welcome tour of the Gallery for new Members. This wayfinding tour will introduce you to the Gallery’s layout and to all the key sites around our award-winning building. 

 

 

Welcome tour for new Members

3pm

Free for Members

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Welcome tour for new Members
Welcome tour for new Members

11am

Free for Members

Come along for a welcome tour of the Gallery for new Members. This wayfinding tour will introduce you to the Gallery’s layout and to all the key sites around our award-winning building. 

 

 

Welcome tour for new Members

11am

Free for Members

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Ingetje Tadros: This is My Country
Ingetje Tadros: This is My Country

3.30pm

Free

Auckland Festival of Photography presents an illustrated talk by Ingetje Tadros (Western Australia). Ingetje discusses her award-winning ongoing and important work, This Is My Country which documents the complexities of race and culture of Australia’s indigenous people.

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Welcome tour for new Members
Welcome tour for new Members

11am

Free for Members

Come along for a welcome tour of the Gallery for new Members. This wayfinding tour will introduce you to the Gallery’s layout and to all the key sites around our award-winning building. 

 

 

Welcome tour for new Members

11am

Free for Members

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Welcome tour for new Members
Welcome tour for new Members

10.30am–12pm

Members-only

Come along for a welcome tour of the Gallery for new Members. This wayfinding tour will introduce you to the Gallery’s layout and to all the key sites around our award-winning building. 

 

 

Welcome tour for new Members

10.30am–12pm

Members-only

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Welcome tour for new Members
Welcome tour for new Members

2pm

Free for Members

Come along for a welcome tour of the Gallery for new Members. This wayfinding tour will introduce you to the Gallery’s layout and to all the key sites around our award-winning building. 

 

 

Welcome tour for new Members

2pm

Free for Members

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Members curator tour: The 10th Walters Prize 2021
Members curator tour: The 10th Walters Prize 2021

12—1pm

FREE (Members only)

Join Curator, Contemporary Art, Natasha Conland for a Members-only tour through this year’s nominees of Aotearoa New Zealand’s contemporary art award, the Walters Prize.

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Doc Edge Presents: On the Backs of Women and A Girl in the River
Doc Edge Presents: On the Backs of Women and A Girl in the River

2pm

$5 + booking fee Buy tickets

Enjoy a double screening of two award winning short documentary features On the Backs of Women and A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness.

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Photography workshop with Simon Devitt
Photography workshop with Simon Devitt

11am–3.30pm

SOLD OUT

Do you have hundreds of digital photos clogging up your devices? If so, join this half-day workshop and learn from photographer, lecturer and award-winning publisher Simon Devitt how to make your daily snaps more interesting.

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Welcome tour for new Members
Welcome tour for new Members

2pm

Free for Members

Come along for a welcome tour of the Gallery for new Members. This wayfinding tour will introduce you to the Gallery’s layout and to all the key sites around our award-winning building. 

 

 

Welcome tour for new Members

2pm

Free for Members

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Photography workshop with Simon Devitt
Photography workshop with Simon Devitt

11am–3.30pm

$150 for Members, $200 non-Members Book now

Boost your skills at using photography as a storytelling medium and rediscover ways to share your images with the world in ways beyond our digital devices. Through exercises carefully curated by photographer and award-winning publisher Simon Devitt you will gain new perspectives and make a start on creating or further developing your own visual language.

Photography workshop with Simon Devitt

11am–3.30pm

$150 for Members, $200 non-Members Book now

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Photography workshop with Simon Devitt
Photography workshop with Simon Devitt

11am–3.30pm

$150 for Members, $200 non-Members Book now

Photographer, lecturer and award-winning publisher Simon Devitt is on a mission: teaching you how to make your daily snaps more interesting. Through playful exercises in and around Auckland Art Gallery you will discover new perspectives and make a start with creating or further developing your own visual language.

Photography workshop with Simon Devitt

11am–3.30pm

$150 for Members, $200 non-Members Book now

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Helene Wong with Roseanne Liang
Helene Wong with Roseanne Liang

12pm

Free

Join noted film critic and writer Helene Wong discussing her new book Being Chinese: A New Zealander’s Story with screenwriter and award winning director Roseanne Liang. 

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New Members Tour: Sun 11 Jul
New Members Tour: Sun 11 Jul

3–4pm

Free for Members (RSVP required)

In this wayfinding tour, you will be introduced to the Gallery’s layout, iconic artworks and the key sites in our award-winning building, including the Members lounge.

New Members Tour: Sun 11 Jul

3–4pm

Free for Members (RSVP required)

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Anthony Byrt: NZ Contemporary Art
Anthony Byrt: NZ Contemporary Art

10.15am

SOLD OUT

In This Model World: Travels To The Edge of Contemporary Art, shortlisted for the 2017 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, Anthony Byrt delivers a firstperson account of encounters with NZ artists and their work, on and off their home turf. He presents a talk on our key artists and fundamental issues.

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Audio described tour
Audio described tour

11.30am

Free

Tour led by professional Audio Describer Nicola Owen, who will offer visual descriptions of the architecture of the historic wing of Auckland Art Gallery's award-winning building.

Audio described tour

11.30am

Free

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Writers on Film: Margaret Mahy
Writers on Film: Margaret Mahy

1.15pm

$12.50 – $25 Book now

In the beautifully crafted and zany 2008 documentary A Tall Long Faced Tale, directed by Yvonne Mackay, national treasure Margaret Mahy (1936–2012) is interviewed by the award-winning writer Elizabeth Knox, as well as by animated versions of characters from her body of work that includes The Lion in the MeadowThe Witch in the Cherry Tree; and The Great White Man Eating Shark.

Writers on Film: Margaret Mahy

1.15pm

$12.50 – $25 Book now

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The New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography showcase
The New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography showcase

2pm

This event showcases The New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography (NZIPP) and includes an illustrated presentation of the Iris Awards and the annual Infocus event.  There will be presentations by some of NZIPP's leading photographers as well as a panel discussion on the changing dynamic of the photographic industry in today’s market.

Part of the events programme for the Auckland Festival of Photography

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Audio described tour
Audio described tour

11.30am

Free

Tour led by professional Audio Describer Nicola Owen, who will offer visual descriptions of the architecture of Auckland Art Gallery's award-winning building.

Audio described tour

11.30am

Free

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Advanced Photography with Simon Devitt
Advanced Photography with Simon Devitt

11am–3.30pm

Earlybird Members $225 (book before 1 April), Members $250, Non-Members $300 (includes a membership) Book now

Photographer, lecturer and award-winning publisher Simon Devitt returns with an exciting two-day workshop (two consecutive Sundays) dedicated to developing your visual language. Expand your skillset through curated practical exercises and gain an advanced understanding of photography as a storytelling medium.

Advanced Photography with Simon Devitt

11am–3.30pm

Earlybird Members $225 (book before 1 April), Members $250, Non-Members $300 (includes a membership) Book now

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Athol McCredie: NZ Photography
Athol McCredie: NZ Photography

10.15am

SOLD OUT

From the sublime to the surreal, the familiar to the forgotten, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa curator Athol McCredie has curated 200 years of NZ photography into one volume, New Zealand Photography Collected (shortlisted for the 2016 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards) providing both a history of the medium and a powerful portrait of our shifting identity. 

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Walters Prize: Kōrero with the artists
Walters Prize: Kōrero with the artists

1pm—3pm

FREE

The Walters Prize is Aotearoa New Zealand’s most significant contemporary art award. Established in 2002, this year will be the tenth iteration of the Walters Prize, which was conceived as a platform to foreground excellence in the visual arts. Come and hear from this year’s four nominated artists, each speaking in front of their art installations. 

Artworks

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Letter to Henry Partridge from T E Donne
Letter to Henry Partridge from T E Donne

Thomas Donne

Production date
04 Apr 1906
Medium
ink on paper, type-written
Size (h x w)
267 x 212 mm
Credit line
Partridge Correspondence, E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
RC2009/2/38
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The Birthday Honours
The Birthday Honours

Peter Bromhead

Production date
Unknown
Medium
ink
Size (h x w)
216 x 306 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1977
Accession no
1977/47/5
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Oilstone
Oilstone

Rob Taylor

Production date
1984
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
1773 x 1330 x 43 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1985
Accession no
C1994/1/155
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Peter Peryer Archive
Peter Peryer Archive

Peter Peryer

Production date
circa 1900-2018
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, gift of the Peter Peryer Estate, 2021
Accession no
RC2021/2
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Not on display

Claudia Pond Eyley Archive
Claudia Pond Eyley Archive

Claudia Pond Eyley

Production date
circa 1968-2021
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Claudia Pond Eyley, 2021
Accession no
RC2022/1
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On display

Girl in the Boat
Girl in the Boat

Maud Sherwood

On display

Production date
1922
Medium
watercolour
Size (h x w)
453 x 558 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1966
Accession no
1966/7/1
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Not on display

Tukutuku Terrain
Tukutuku Terrain

Lisa Reihana

Production date
2007
Medium
two-channel video, standard definition (SD), 16:9, colour, silent
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery, 2010
Accession no
2010/25/7.1-2
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Ranginui
Ranginui

Lisa Reihana

Production date
2007
Medium
digital photograph printed on Fuji Crystal Archive resin coated paper mounted on 4mm aluminium C-print
Size (h x w)
2000 x 1200 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery, purchased with assistance from the Gallery, 2010
Accession no
2010/25/4
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Not on display

The Urban Warrior
The Urban Warrior

Lisa Reihana

Production date
2007
Medium
digital photograph printed on Fuji Crystal Archive resin coated paper mounted on 4mm aluminium
Size (h x w)
2000 x 1200 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery, purchased with assistance from the Gallery, 2010
Accession no
2010/25/5
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Not on display

Victor Sitting
Victor Sitting

Lisa Reihana

Production date
2007
Medium
digital photograph printed on Fuji Crystal Archive resin coated paper mounted on 4mm aluminium
Size (h x w)
2000 x 1200 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery, purchased with assistance from the Gallery, 2010
Accession no
2010/25/2
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Not on display

Maui
Maui

Lisa Reihana

Production date
2007
Medium
digital photograph printed on Fuji Crystal Archive resin coated paper mounted on 4mm aluminium
Size (h x w)
2000 x 1200 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery, purchased with assistance from the Gallery, 2010
Accession no
2010/25/6
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Not on display

Diva
Diva

Lisa Reihana

Production date
2007
Medium
digital photograph printed on Fuji Crystal Archive resin coated paper mounted on 4mm aluminium
Size (h x w)
2000 x 1200 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery, purchased with assistance from the Gallery, 2010
Accession no
2010/25/3
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Claudia Pond Eyley Archive
Claudia Pond Eyley Archive
Production date
circa 1968-2021
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Claudia Pond Eyley, 2021
Accession no
RC2022/1
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Partridge Correspondence
Partridge Correspondence
Production date
1896-1930
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
RC2009/2
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Peter Peryer Archive
Peter Peryer Archive
Production date
circa 1900-2018
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, gift of the Peter Peryer Estate, 2021
Accession no
RC2021/2

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