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Bronwynne Cornish, Pacific…
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Bronwynne Cornish, Pacific Sphinx, 1993, New Zealand. Red earthenware with slips and stains. A sphinx wearing a crown with red lips and purple eyelids. Raised on a cuboid base with painted geometric detailing. Shown at Akasaka Green Gallery, Tokyo, in 1993 for the Centennial of Women's Suffrage in New Zealand. Hoping her work will 'Create a certain atmosphere, ring a long-lost bell, and help people create their own mythologies', Cornish is a leading figure in New Zealand ceramic art. Her work has been featured at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, the Dowse Art Museum, and Gus Fisher gallery. It is also included in prominent collections including Te papa Tongarewa, the Auckland war Memorial Museum, the Wallace collection and Kobayashi collection, Tokyo, height 44.5 cm, width 15 cm, depth 36 cm. Provenance: from the artist's own collection
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Ceramics: New Zealand Potters & Themes