15. Mark Cross
The Sleeping Cave
Oil on board
90 x 100 cm
Signed & dated 1992
est. $15,000 - 20,000
Fetched $14,000
Relative Size: The Sleeping Cave
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

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