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Pound decried what he saw as Brown and Keith’s provincial view of New
Zealand art in contrast to what he considered the more relevant contemporary views held by Internationalist artists.
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Zealand Painting 1940-1960 Conformity and Dissension by Gordon H. Brown Published by Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council, Wellington".
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