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| Artist: | THORNLEY Geoff (b.1942) |
| Title of work: | Untitled, Red Painting | |
| Date of work: | 1979 |
| Medium: | Mixed |
| Size: | 1100 x 1100 |
| Description: | This " orange/red " painting marks a return to single frame painting on canvas at the time the artist was involved with his Construction works. This is nothing unusual for Thornley who often indulged... read more » |
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| Artist: | THORNLEY Geoff (b.1942) |
| Title of work: | Construction Tondo No.2 | |
| Date of work: | 1982 |
| Medium: | Acrylic On Boards |
| Size: | Diameter 1700 |
| Description: | Although not the largest of the artist's tondos, this is the most complex of the series produced between 1981-82. This work, like every other in the series had its origin in a watercolour study. The... read more » |
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| Artist: | THORNLEY Geoff (b.1942) |
| Title of work: | Orange Untitled | |
| Date of work: | 1975 |
| Medium: | Ink, Opaque, Watercolour |
| Size: | 1120 x 1120 |
| Description: | This is one of only four coloured works produced at the end of 1975 at the same time as Thornley was working on his Alba series . Like them it is full of atmosphere. Here the artist has worked darker... read more » |
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| Artist: | THORNLEY Geoff (b.1942) |
| Title of work: | Stupa 21 (Tryptich) | |
| Date of work: | 1971 |
| Medium: | Mixed |
| Size: | 1070 x 720 3 pieces |
| Description: | Geoff Thornley has been described by Michael Dunn as " one of the most committed of the younger abstract painters working in New Zealand ". He studied at Elam School of Art 1960-64 graduating with a... read more » |
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| Artist: | THORNLEY Geoff (b.1942) |
| Title of work: | Untitled, Vertical | |
| Date of work: | 1972 |
| Medium: | Mixed |
| Size: | 2110 x 720 |
| Description: | This, the lighter of two mixed media vertical works in the collection, was painted on Steinbach paper laid flat on the ground. The artist worked fast, laying down paint and then wiping it off to... read more » |
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| Artist: | THORNLEY Geoff (b.1942) |
| Title of work: | Untitled ( crayon ) | |
| Date of work: | 1971 |
| Medium: | Crayon |
| Size: | 300 x 210 |
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| Artist: | THORNLEY Geoff (b.1942) |
| Title of work: | Dyad No.10 | |
| Date of work: | 1986 |
| Medium: | Oil On Board |
| Size: | 1125 x 1125 |
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| Artist: | THORNLEY Geoff (b.1942) |
| Title of work: | Construction No.6 | |
| Date of work: | 1982 |
| Medium: | Acrylic On Boards |
| Size: | 1200 x 1200 |
| Description: | This four layered construction work was made at the same time as Thornley's major tondo works which were produced between 1981-82. The rectangular constructions were intended as a commentary on the... read more » |
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| Artist: | THORNLEY Geoff (b.1942) |
| Title of work: | Untitled No 2 | |
| Date of work: | 1988 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas on Board |
| Size: | 1140 x 3040 |
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| Artist: | THORNLEY Geoff (b.1942) |
| Title of work: | Albus No.11 | |
| Date of work: | 1974 |
| Medium: | Mixed |
| Size: | 1120 x 1120 |
| Description: | Thornley's Albus works of 1974 first brought his name to prominence. These works use the grid as a structure for the freeing of colour to operate across the surface with an even focus. Colour is laid... read more » |
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