Work of art donated

Discarded boards from a building site which a New Zealand-born artist, Rosalie Gascoigne, transformed into her last major series of works have been donated to the National Gallery of Australia.

The multi-panelled installation comprising a 10-work series is on display in Canberra and is valued at more than A$2 million ($2.28 million). Gascoigne died in 1999.

"When she was young she had no hint of artistic talent at all, but it grew and grew," said Gascoigne's husband Ben, who donated the work.

-NZPA