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'Motorway/city'

'Motorway/city'

Robert Ellis was influenced by the emergence of abstractionism in the 1950s. It sought to represent subjects in new ways sometimes to the point where they bore little or no resemblance to reality. His 1969 painting 'Motorway/city' resembles a map: the white lines represent the motorway and the yellow lines are streets.

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Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki
Oil on board by Robert Ellis

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Ben Schrader. 'City images', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 28-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/city-images/5/5