Sheherazade by Mervyn Williams

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Sheherazade

Sheherazade

Artist

Mervyn Williams
Production Date

1981
Medium

oil on canvas
Size

1677 x 2136 x 30 mm
Credit

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Chartwell Gift Collection, 2015
Accession Number

2015/10/7
Accession Date

07 May 2015
Department

New Zealand Art
Classification

Painting
Collection

AAG
Subjects

abstraction, triangles (polygons)

Exhibition history

Cross Currents: Contemporary New Zealand and Australian Art from the Chartwell Collection

Waikato Museum of Art and History | Te Whare Taonga o Waikato

14/07/1991 — 25/08/1991