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Wanted : the search for the modernist murals of E. Mervyn Taylor

documentary heritage
  • Description

    "Mervyn Taylor - wood engraver, painter, illustrator, sculptor and designer - was one of the most celebrated New Zealand artists of the 1930s to 1960s ... Between 1956 and 1964 he created twelve murals for major new government and civic buildings erected in that era of great economic prosperity, during which New Zealand first began to loosen its apron-string ties to England. Tragically, some have been destroyed and others presumed lost - until now.

    This fascinating and beautiful book, bursting with archival material, details the detective hunt for the murals and tells the stories of their creation."--Publishers website.

  • Place
  • Other Id

    NE1193.5.T39 WAN (Library of Congress Call Number)

    90113 (Cat ID)

    89938 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    Wanted : the search for the modernist murals of E. Mervyn Taylor
  • Primary Maker
  • Contributor/Publisher
    Massey University Press
  • Place
  • Date
    2018
  • Physical Description

    253 pages : illustrations (some colour), colour maps ; 26 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    9780994141552
  • Language
    English
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category
  • Content
    Foreword / Claire Robinson -- Preface / Sarah Taylor -- Introduction / Bronwyn Holloway-Smith -- Ch 1. Otaki 1956, waiting for revelations / Huhana Smith -- Ch 2. Wellington 1958, From paddock to port / Linda Tyler -- Ch 3. Wellington 1959, The ascension of Christ / Tony Mackle -- Ch 4. New Plymouth 1960, An eternal flame to Provincialism / Bryan James -- Ch 5. Wairoa 1961, Layers upon layers / Joyce Campbell -- Ch 6. Auckland 1962, Voices through the deep / Bronwyn Holloway-Smith -- Ch 7. Lower Hutt 1962, Kia kitea, Te Waewae Tangata / Nick Roskruge -- Ch 8. Masterton 1962, The taiaha and the axe / Terri Te Tau -- Ch 9. Masterton 1963/66, Lest we forget: the batttle for the mural / Gareth Winter -- Ch 10. Wellington 1963, Assurance / Sarah Jane Parton -- Ch 11. Wellington 1963, On the politics of time and space / Ken Davis and Rose Evans -- Ch 12. Wellington 1964, A renaissance interrupted / Gregory J. Smith -- Epilogue, Towards a New Zealand public art register / Bronwyn Holloway-Smith.
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Wood-engravers--New Zealand--20th century; Mural painting and decoration--New Zealand--20th century]

    Includes bibliographical references (page 240) and index.

  • Collection Type
    Reading Room
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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