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Paramena Te Naonao and his wife Raita Tuterangi were from the
Ngäti Kahungunu community of Mokai Patea. As Roger Blackley notes
in the book, Art at Te Papa, this portrait and its
companion, Mrs
Paramena, were commissioned at Hastings in 1885, when the
couple posed for the photographs from which Lindauer would develop
the portraits. For whatever reason the couple failed to uplift
their portraits, and instead the paintings passed into private Pākehā ownership
for the next century. They were acquired by Te Papa in 1995. A
striking pair, Lindauer's portraits of Mr and Mrs Paramena are
especially remarkable for being in pristine condition. They
returned to the Hawke's Bay in 2005, for the exhibition
Gottfried Lindauer - 'Shadow maker'.
Dougal Austin, Curator Māori and William McAloon, Curator
Historical New Zealand Art, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa
Tongarewa
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