‘Comet over Mt Egmont’
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‘Comet over Mt Egmont’
This 1972 painting by Ralph Hotere was inspired by an extraordinary and portentous photograph taken in 1882, which showed a comet in the sky over Mt Taranaki, with Parihaka village in the foreground.
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Museum of New Zealand - Te Papa Tongarewa
Acrylic and ink on paper by Ralph Hotere
Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
