Bill Hammond, 'Untitled', 1987 - Print - wholesale

Bill Hammond (born 1947) studied art in Christchurch in the 1960s. He became a full-time painter in 1981. In 1989 Hammond’s work changed radically after a trip to the subantarctic Auckland Islands, where he encountered what he described as ‘a paradise for birds’. He learned about the nineteenth-century trade in native birds that had decimated so many species. In his new paintings, hybrid bird-human figures became a metaphor for all threatened creatures. Te Papa Store collection of exclusive fine art prints, reproductions are drawn from the Te Papa Collections. Each print is formatted to best represent the works. Each print is sampled and colour tested alongside the original. Over the last 6 months Te Papa Photography have re-photographed works that may not have been photographed over the last 10 years to ensure Te Papa store has the latest up to date digital files for printing.

Our Premium Fine Art prints:

All giclee prints get produced on archival papers on an Epson Surecolor 64" which uses Ultrachrome K3 inks. Pigment inks that ensure the widest possible colour tonal range in digital printing.

Hahnemuhle German hing paper is 310gsm, 100% Cellulose, acid free, archival paper

Reproduction prints are as close as possible to the paper sizes available without compromising the aspect ratios of the original artworks.

Image colours may differ on personal devices compared to the physical print due to screen variations.

Print size: 1100 x 1100mm including a 8mm border