NZ & International Fine Art - Evening Sale Wednesday, 11 August 2021 - 6:00 PM start

Rita Angus (1908–1970) - Houses Thorndon

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Rita Angus (1908–1970) Houses, Thorndon (c. 1964) watercolour on paper signed 'Rita Angus' (lower right) 36 x 50cm Provenance purchased by Frank & Lyn Corner directly from the artist at her cottage in Thorndon, c. 1969 Sale, Art + Object, The Collection of Frank & Lyn Corner, 18 March 2018 Exhibited Wellington, City Gallery, Rita Angus: live to paint and paint to live, 5 July - 16 September 2001 In 1955 Rita Angus bought a cottage at 194A Sydney Street West in the suburb of Thorndon, Wellington. The houses in this old neighbourhood provided a constant source of imagery in her work for the remainder of her career. Angus has simplified the houses into a series of planes, building up the composition and giving it depth. Their forms, however, remain clearly defined by her careful application of paint. Angus’ concern with simplifying forms into geometric planes shows the influence of the French artist Paul Cézanne (1839 -1906). The sister work of this watercolour entitled 'Houses Wellington' (1964) was exhibited Rita Angus National Art Gallery Touring Exhibition 1982-4, cat. no. 122.