23 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 x 21 cm
Contents
Includes text of opening address by Bernard Smith
Summary
"... In his capacity as Director of the Redfern Gallery and art dealer in London ... Rex Nan Kivell promoted and supported young artists and new ideas about art. Through the connections which he established with Paris and the wolrd of contemporary French art he made the Redfern one of the most influential agencies by means of which England was brought into contact with the best art of Europe ... Its not until we turn to Rex Nan Kivell's passion for collecting items of New Zealand, Australian and Pacific interest that one becomes aware of a different aspect of his personality ... Rex Nan Kivell was born in New Brighton, Christchurch, New Zealand ..." -- Opening address by Bernard Smith
