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Haurongo: Frame, Janet Paterson

1998 sculpture

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1998 sculpture

In 1998 Janet Frame posed for artist Anthony Stones, who created a clay model of her head, later cast in bronze. This was the last in a series which included sculptures of writers Frank Sargeson, Allen Curnow, Denis Glover and Dan Davin. The sculpture is now held in the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Hocken Collections, University of Otago

Reference: S10-310b

Photograph by Reg Graham

Permission of the Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hakena, University of Otago, must be obtained before any re-use of this image. Further information may be obtained from the Library through its website.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Patrick Evans. 'Frame, Janet Paterson', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/28059/1998-sculpture (accessed 4 June 2026).