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Biography: Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric

Russell Clark, January 1960

Russell Clark, January 1960

Russell Clark putting the finishing touches to his sculpture of the dolphin Opo, the Opononi dolphin, in January 1960. From the 1950s, versatile artist Russell Clark turned increasingly to sculpture, and was in demand for public projects such as this 1960 memorial sculpture of Opo.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PAColl-6208-42

Photograph by W. Hart Smith

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Neil Roberts. 'Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000, updated January 2021. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/357/russell-clark-january-1960 (accessed 11 June 2026).