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Motorway art

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Motorway art

Auckland’s motorway – which partially encircled the central city – inspired this 1969 painting by Robert Ellis, ‘Motorway/city’. In a composition that resembles a map, the white lines represent the motorway; the yellow lines are streets.

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Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki

by Robert Ellis

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Margaret McClure, Auckland region – Expansion: 1941–1979, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/15909/motorway-art (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Margaret McClure, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2016.