Provenance: Purchased by Diana and Bruce Mason from the artist in 1974 Private Collection, Auckland

Exhibited: Paintings since 1972 and a few others, Cat no. 9 Brett-Duncan Studio Gallery, Wellington, 1974 Original exhibition label affixed verso

Selected works, Cat. no 45, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, 1982

Evelyn Page - Seven Decades Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, 1986

Evelyn Page - Seven Decades National Gallery of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa, 1987

Illustrated p. 50 Evelyn Page Seven Decades, Janet Paul and Neil Roberts, published on the occasion of the exhibition Evelyn Page - Seven Decades, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, 1986

In 1970 the outstanding achievements of Evelyn Page were recognised and celebrated with a major retrospective exhibition of 98 works at the National Art Gallery in Wellington. Douglas Lilburn, a close friend of the artist, wrote a brief introduction to the exhibition catalogue in which he paid particular tribute to Page's perpetual appetite for innovation and creative development. Lilburn drew attitudinal parallels between Page and the Japanese print maker, Hokusai, who he quoted saying: "by the age of 80, I shall have made further progress, and by the age of 90, I shall see into the mystery of things". This proved to be prophetic as Evelyn Page, who was 71 at the time, continued to experiment and extend the boundaries of her painting practice for another 17 years.