Untitled

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Title

Untitled

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This ink on paper drawing by Theo Schoon was created in the early 1960s while the artist was living in Auckland. It uses elements from Māori kōwhaiwhai (visual art) patterns, the curvilinear and organic designs that are painted onto the heke (rafters) in whare whakairo (decorated houses). Untitled was one of a number of drawings that Schoon made in the early 1960s exploring the possibility of kōwhaiwhai-type patterns in creating abstract images. Decorative designsUntitled has a close relatio...

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Format

Image

Date created

circa 1963

Creator

Theo Schoon

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/40777

Related subjects

ink / paper / works of art / drawings / works on paper / Modernist / Primitivist / Māori / Indonesian / Auckland

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