Mending Mullet Nets (1955)

Morris Kestelman

oil on canvas

The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū, Nelson

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Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Canvas

Physical Object Description:

A stylised image of two male figures (fishermen). The front figure is seated and repairing a fishing net. The other figure is walking and carrying a net. He is positioned in front of a moored boat. They are located on a beach with the ocean in the background.

Dimensions:

59.7 x 75 cm

Accession Number:

317

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1959

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from The London Group, Whitechapel Art Gallery by Howard J. Bliss (1894-1977) for the Contemporary Art Society, November 1955; presented to The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū, Nelson, 1959

Relationship:

J. Howard Bliss The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū, Nelson

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