Volte Face 1 by Mike Parr

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Volte Face 1

Artist

Mike Parr
Production Date

2021-2022
Medium

nickel-plated bronze and plaster
Credit

Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the artist, 2025
Accession Number

C2025/1/13/1.1-13
Accession Date

29 Jan 2026
Department

International Art
Classification

Object,Installation
Collection

Chartwell

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Elegnem Sa Essitam (The Breeze of Death)

Head

Identification No. 1 [Rib Markings in the Carnavon Ranges, North-West Queensland, January 1975

Mouth Ring

The Termination Series [The Artist is not a Printmaker]