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Roy Cowan (Ngāpuhi, Te Atiawa), ‘Moderne Madonna’ (1976), Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, Thorndon. Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2022
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Currently located just inside the left-hand entry into the main Cathedral. The work mixes figurative elements of heads and hand with abstract patterns in the fabric of the drapery.
Plaque reads:
Modern Madonna / by / Roy Cowan / Given in memory of / Sister Clara E. Hawkins / 1976