Four Winds and Seven Seas

1985

Fred Graham

Accessible

Type

  • Wall Mounted Sculpture

Medium

  • Paint
  • Wood

Dimensions

  • H850 x W8000 X D120mm

Fred Graham (Ngāti Korokī Kahukura, Tainui), ‘Four Winds and Seven Seas’ (1985), Archives New Zealand, Thorndon, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2022

1991–Current

Staff research area, Ground floor, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, 10 Mulgrave Street, Pipitea, Te Whanagnui-a-Tara Wellington

1985–1991

Foyer, New Zealand Shipping Line Ltd, Wellington

Artists
Credit

Department of Internal Affairs Art Collection

Associated Artwork Organisation(s)

Description

This work was acquired by Archives NZ as a permanent loan from New Zealand Lines Ltd in June 1991.

Nine interlocking diamond shapes with carved relief representing a part of the globe. Each panel is painted white and has variations of the koru motif in native woods, such as kahikatea, rimu, kauri and tōtara.

This was Graham's first large-scale work. The company had sought an artwork by a contemporary Māori artist and invited Graham to submit a proposal.