James K. Baxter

Hemi

James Kier Baxter was one of New Zealand's best known poets. He was known also for his humanitarian work among addicted drug users, alcoholics, displaced persons and tired, disenchanted teachers who, in middle age, were questioning their own dedication as well as the system. He was considered to be a philosopher and a guru to the Hippie movement.

He became a controversial figure to the newspapers and a household name after he settled up the Whanganui river and established a commune at Jerusalem where he is now buried, after his premature death in 1972, in his forty-seventh year.

Size: One and a quarter times life size.
Materials: Bronze, using the lost-wax method.
Price: By negotiation.

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