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Bloomsbury South: The arts in Christchurch, 1933—1953 by Peter Simpson
69.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
For two decades in Christchurch, New Zealand, a cast of extraordinary men and women remade the arts. In this book, Simpson tells the remarkable story of the rise and fall of this 'Bloomsbury South' and the arts and artists that made it. Simpson brings to life the individual talents and their passions, b ...Show more
Charles Brasch Journals 1945-1957 by Charles Brasch; Peter Simpson (ed.)
59.95 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Series: Charles Brasch Journals | Reading Level: very good
This volume of Charles Brasch's journals covers the years from late 1945 to the end of 1957, when the poet and editor was aged 36 to 48. It begins with his return to New Zealand after World War II to establish a literary quarterly to be published by the Caxton Press. The journals cover the first decade ...Show more
Colin McCahon: Is This the Promised Land?: Vol.2 1960-1987 by Peter Simpson
79.99 NZD
Category: NZ Art | Series: Colin Mccahon Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
The second of an extraordinary two-volume work chronicling forty-five years of painting by our most important artist, Colin McCahon. Colin McCahon (1919–1987) was New Zealand’s greatest twentieth-century artist. Through landscapes, biblical paintings and abstraction, the introduction of words and Māori ...Show more
Colin McCahon: Signed Limited Edition Slipcase by Peter Simpson
175.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art
With each volume signed by author Peter Simpson and combined in a slipcase edition limited to 100 copies, this set is an extraordinary work chronicling forty-five years of painting by our most important artist, Colin McCahon. Colin McCahon (1919¿1987) was New Zealand¿s greatest twentieth-century artist. ...Show more
Colin McCahon: There is Only One Direction, Vol. I 1919-1959 by Peter Simpson
75.00 NZD
Category: Artists | Reading Level: near fine
Colin McCahon (1919–1987) was New Zealand’s greatest twentieth-century artist. Through landscapes, biblical paintings and abstraction, the introduction of words and Māori motifs, McCahon’s work came to define a distinctly New Zealand modernist idiom. Collected and exhibited extensively in Australasia an ...Show more
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