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Self-portrait
Rita Angus1947
Te Papa
Wellington, New Zealand
This self-portrait was published in the 1947 Year Book of the Arts in New Zealand.
This is one of the first paintings Angus signed with her maiden name, rather than Rita Cook, 13 years after separation from husband Alfred Cook in 1934. Angus never remarried. She was determined to make her own way, despite the social disapproval and financial challenges faced by divorced women at the time.
Details
- Title: Self-portrait
- Creator: Rita Angus
- Date Created: 1947
- Location Created: New Zealand, e
- Physical Dimensions: h292mm x w244mm
- Type: Painting
- External Link: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- Medium: Watercolour
- Depicted Person: Rita Angus
- Credit Line: Purchased 2022 with assistance from the Te Papa Foundation. © Reproduced courtesy of the Estate of Rita Angus
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