15. Mark Cross
The Sleeping Cave
est. $15,000 - 20,000
The Sleeping Cave
Oil on board
90 x 100 cm
Signed & dated 1992
90 x 100 cm
est. $15,000 - 20,000
Fetched $14,000
Relative size
Provenance: Private Collection, Auckland Purchased by current owners directly from artist, 1992
Exhibited: Mark Cross 'Have We Offended' Te Manawa Museum, Palmerston North, 2002
Illustrated p. 33 Mark Cross: 'Have We Offended', Published Te Manawa Museum, Palmerston North, 2002
This image is an analogy for the grave and based on the many sink-holes that dot the Niue landscape and have been the home of the dead for centuries.
Text p. 32 Mark Cross: 'Have We Offended', Published Te Manawa Museum, Palmerston North, 2002