ID: 700001758 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001758	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Purple and bronze (painting (visual work); D. K. Richmond (New Zealand painter, 1861-1935); 1905; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; 2006-0006-1)

Note: Purple and bronze shows a woman and a child on the porch of a whare. The naked child’s rich skin tones suggest the bronze of the picture’s title, while the woman - perhaps the child’s mother - wears purple. In subject and composition, Purple and bronze is remarkably similar to Hodgkins’ The idlers, 1905 (private collection), right down to the open kete, or flax basket, on the ground. The major difference is in Richmond’s medium. While it would be some years before Hodgkins began working in oil, Richmond here has it in her full command. The rich, closely toned colours and thick, creamy brushstrokes combine with the flowing forms characteristic of the very current style of art nouveau, placing Richmond at the forefront of modern developments in New Zealand painting.

Titles:

Purple and bronze (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1905

Creator Display:

D. K. Richmond (New Zealand painter, 1861-1935) [preferred,VP]

painter Richmond, Dorothy Kate (New Zealand painter, 1861-1935) Extent: execution [500166196]

Locations:

Current: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand) [500311561] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2006-0006-1

Credit Line: Purchased 2005

Display Materials: oil paint, canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: Support 340 (Height) x 310 (Width) x mm; Frame 610 (Height) x 580 (Width) x 42 (Depth) mm

Cultures:

New Zealand (New Zealander) (preferred)

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	women (female humans) [300025943]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

	children (people by age group) [300025945]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by age group>, youth (people)) (AAT)

	porches [300004132]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, building divisions, rooms and spaces, <rooms and spaces by location or context>, exterior covered spaces) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Purple and bronze	........ [VP,TePapa]
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=709098
	........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)

Subject: ....... [VP,TePapa]

....................... Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=709098