Tuku

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Print sizes and editions

- Regular museum archival paper print - 350 x 1145mm
(limited to 275)
- Large museum archival paper print - 500 x 1636mm
(limited to 195)

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Original painting SOLD, oil on canvas, 550 x 1800mm, 2009

The story of

In this work a divine power struggle between male and female elements is waged, one that every soul must go through. a Māori verb meaning to gift, to cede, to give up or to allow and forms part of the word Kōtuku. Kōtuku is the name of the bird keeping guardianship in the foreground of this painting and also gliding above the mountainous male and female forms. Also known as the Great White Heron, the Kōtuku is a rare migratory bird ...