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RIP Avis Higgs

17/11/2016

Avis Higgs, 21 September 1918 - 14 October 2016

Avis passed away shortly after her 98th birthday. She had led a full and interesting life and has left behind a great legacy in her textile designs, paintings and drawings.

 

Te Papa: Remembering Avis Higgs: painter, designer, and ‘a truly awesome woman’

Stuff: Life Story - artist and textile pioneer Avis Higgs dies, 98

In Memory of Avis Higgs (1918 - 2016)

© Avis Higgs, 2014

Design: Mission Hall Creative

Words: Tamsin Ewing and Marguerite Beere

Consultant: Adroite Communications

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