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The vault

by Neil Pardington

Featuring forty photographs, this work explores the storage spaces and back-of-house areas of museums and art galleries in twenty-first-century New Zealand, offering a rare glimpse into areas not normally open to the public.

Accession 19111 ISBN 9781877375200 Publisher Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
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