FINE ART AUCTION

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FINE ART AUCTION
FINE ART AUCTION
18 & 19 NOVMEBER 2015
FINE ART AUCTION
wellington
WEDNESDAY 18 & THURSDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2015
PART ONE • EVENING SALE
NEW ZEALAND & INTERNATIONAL FINE ART
Lot 1 – 76
Wednesday 18 November, 6pm
Part two • DAY SALE
New Zealand & International Fine & APPLIED Art
Lot 200 – 425
Thursday 19 November, 12 noon
Including Applied Art
Lot 333 - 369
OPENING PREVIEW • WELLINGTON
Thursday 12 November • 5.00 – 6.30pm
Wellington Viewing
Friday 13 November
Sunday 15 November
Monday 16 November
Tuesday
17 November
Wednesday18 November
9am – 5pm
12noon – 4pm
9am – 5pm
9am – 5pm
9am – 4pm
LOCATION/ ENQUIRIES
7 Maginnity Street • PO Box 224, Wellington 6140
Helena Walker, Director of Art
Ph (04) 472 1367 • Fax (04) 475 7389
helena@dunbarsloane.co.nz • www.dunbarsloane.com
BUYERS PREMIUM
There is a buyers premium of 16% + GST (18.4%) added to the hammer price
ILLUSTRATIONS
Front Cover • Lot 26
Inside Front Cover • Lot 13
Inside Back Cover • Lot 1
Facing Page • Lot 27
Part One Title Page • Lot 28
Part Two Title Page • Lot 256
ABSENTEE BIDDING
• If you are unable to attend the auction you may submit an absentee bid
(form located at reverse of catalogue or online www.dunbarsloane.co.nz)
• Telephone bidding can be arranged on lots over $1,000 in value. Note we
assume you have recieved a condition report or inspected the item prior
to bidding. To register for this service, contact our office. Telephone lines are
limited and are procured on a first registered basis. We accept no responsibility
if for any reason we are unable to contact you, and for this reason encourage
clients to leave a covering bid for such a circumstance.
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VALUATION SERVICES
Our specialists travel New Zealand wide appraising private & public collections for the following purposes:
insurance • CURRENT MARKET & SALES ADVICE
SINGLE OWNER SALES • PRIVATE TREATY SALES • MATRIMONIAL
ESTATE & FAMILY DIVISIONS
For more information contact:
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Auckland Ph (09) 377 5820 • dunbar.akl@xtra.co.nz
PETER MCINTYRE
Wellington Harbour from Salamanca Road
Achieved $23,000 - Fine Art Auction, July 2015
NEW ZEALAND & INTERNATIONAL
FINE & APPLIED ART
WELLINGTON
MARCH 2016
Entries currently invited
ENQUIRIES
Helena Walker
Ph +64 4 472 1367 • 0274 713 662
Email helena@dunbarsloane.co.nz
Dunbar Sloane Jnr
Ph +64 9 377 5820 • 021 473 998
Email dunbar.akl@xtra.co.nz
Dunbar Sloane Snr
Ph 0274 713 663
www.dunbarsloane.com
ILLUSTRATED
DON BINNEY • Puketotara Once Bittern
Achieved $73,300 - Fine Art , July 2015
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New zealand & international ART highlights • 2015
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1 len castle charger • $6,500 2 FRANK GASCOIGNE HEATH Newlyn Harbour • $11,800 3 bill hammond Untitled 2014,
• $17,000 4 ROBIN WHITE Hoopers Inlet, silkscreen • $8,800 5 PHILIP CLAIRMONT Window • $7,600
6 PAUL DIBBLE Queen of the Pacific • $7,000 7 PETER MCINTYRE Western Desert, German Prisoners at Sidi Rezegh • $10,500
8 JOHN DRAWBRIDGE Bluescape • $5,400 9 ALLEN MADDOX The Kwickie • $16,000
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10 L S LOWRY (BRITISH) Dinner Time • $112,000 - AUSTRALASIAN ARTIST RECORD FOR WORK ON PAPER 11 DON BINNEY
Puketotara Once Bittern • $73,300 12 PETER MCINTYRE Maori Family East Cape • $129,000 - AUSTRALASIAN ARTIST RECORD
13 CHARLES F GOLDIE An Ancient Aristocrat, Atama Paparangi • $250,000 14 PETER SIDDELL Windows • $22,300 15 JBC HOYTE
Rangitoto Island, Waitemata Harbour • $38,700 16 robin white Hokianga Sandhills • $40,000
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ANTIQUE & NEW JEWELLERY
WELLINGTON
10 & 11 FEBRUARY 2016
Entries close 11 December 2015
ENQUIRIES
Wellington - Bettina Frith
Ph +64 472 1367
Email info@dunbarsloane.co.nz
ILLUSTRATED
Early C19th Gold Mourning Brooch as part
of a comprehensive collection of Victorian
Mourning Jewellery
Auckland - Dunbar Sloane Jnr
Ph +64 9 377 5820 • 021 473 998
Email dunbar.akl@xtra.co.nz
www.dunbarsloane.co.nz
ANTIQUE & DECORATIVE ARTS
militaria
WELLINGTON
10 & 11 FEBRuary 2016
Entries close 11 December 2015
ENQUIRES
Wellington - Anthony Gallagher
Bettina Frith
Ph +64 4 472 1367 • 0274 713 667
Email antiques@dunbarsloane.co.nz
ILLUSTRATED
Royal Worcester Lidded Urn
handpainted by H. Stinton
Est $3,000 - 5,000
Auckland - Dunbar Sloane
Ph +64 9 377 5820 • 021 473 998
Email dunbar.akl@xtra.co.nz
www.dunbarsloane.com
ANTIQUE & DECORATIVE ARTS highlights • AUGUST 2015
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1 C19th Japanese Tanto • $24,500 - AUSTRALASIAN RECORD 2 C19th Japanese Ken • $23,600 3 Victorian Apothecary Jar
• $2,400 4 Paul Storr Sterling Silver Butter Dishes • $35,000 5 C18th Export Ware Punch Bowl • $6,200 6 Edwardian S/Plate
& Stained Ivory Tusk Candlesticks • $2,400 7 Blanc de Chine Buddha & Attendants • $10,000 8 William Seuffert Illuminated
Casket • $35,000 9 Ram’s Horn Mull • $1,400
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estate & fine jewellery highlights • AUGUST 2015
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10 Chopard, Swiss 18ct White Gold Chronograph • $5,300 11 Art Deco 18ct White Gold Sapphire & Diamond Brooch •
$17,700 12 18ct Hunter Cased Repeater Chronograph Pocket Watch • $2,600 13 Art Deco Platinum & 9ct White gold Sapphire
& Diamond Bar Brooch • $5,700 14 Ida Hudig 18ct Bracelet • $6,300 15 14ct Amethyst Bracelet • $1,300
16 Mid C20th 9ct Bracelet • $1,400 17 Edwardian Drop Earrings • $2,800 18 Richard Keller 18ct White Gold & Platinum
Moonstone Brooch with matching earrings • $2,400 19 Elsie Reeve Enamel & Silver Brooch • $5,400 20 22ct Two Stone
Diamond Ring • $8,300 21 18ct & Platinum Marquise Diamond Ring • $10,000 22 Unmounted Brilliant Cut Diamond • $26,000
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STAFF NEWS
NEW CHRISTCHURCH REPRESENTATIVE
JACQUELINE BALLARD
Dunbar Sloane Ltd is delighted to announce our new Christchurch representative,
Jacqueline Ballard.
As the daughter of well-respected Christchurch antique dealers, Jacqueline was immersed
in the antiques trade from an early age. Her early career was spent in retail and she was
responsible for international buying trips for both the family business and private clients.
Through this experience she developed in-depth knowledge in sourcing stock and the
administrative skills required for arranging international shipment.
With a BA (Art History) and over 40 years’ experience in both the retail and auction
industry, Jacqueline has established expertise in the Decorative Arts and is highly regarded
as a Valuer in that field, formerly working at Watsons and McCrosties in Christchurch for
many years. She works with both public and private clients in valuing, curating and advising
on formation, expansion, and disposal of existing collections.
Jacqueline has extensive business connections and social networks, both nationally and internationally, and is a focussed professional with a thorough understanding of the market.
Available for both auction market and insurance valuations, for a confidential appraisal
please contact Jaqueline at PH 027 295 5735 or Email jacqueline@dunbarsloane.co.nz
oceanic & african art CONSULTANT
wellington
jeff hobbs
Dunbar Sloane Ltd is pleased to welcome Jeff Hobbs as our Wellington based Oceanic &
African Art Consultant.
Jeff is a 20 year veteran expert in Oceanic, Tribal Arts and Antiquities. He has operated as
a successful dealer and consultant in New York and the UK during the 1990s and
subsequently owned and operated the well-repected Sulu Gallery in Wellington.
To contact Jeff Hobbs PH 027 566 8822 • jhobbs@dunbarsloane.co.nz
AFFORDABLE ART
WELLINGTON
Thursday 28 JANUARY 2016
Entries close 23 November 2015
ENQUIRIES
Helena Walker
Ph +64 4 472 1367
Email helena@dunbarsloane.co.nz
ILLUSTRATED
FRANK GROSS Industrial Landscape
Est $300 - 600
MAORI & PACIFIC ARTEFACTS
AUCKLAND
AUTUMN 2016
Entries invited
ENQUIRIES
Dunbar Sloane Jnr
Ph +64 9 377 5820 • 021473 998
Email dunbar.akl@xtra.co.nz
Dunbar Sloane Snr
Ph 0274 713 663
www.dunbarsloane.co.nz
ILLUSTRATED (detail)
Rare Fijian War Club (Culacula)
Achieved $18,000 - 22 October 2015
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TOY & DOLL AUCTION
WELLINGTON
2 DECEMBER 2015
Catalogue available mid November
ENQUIRIES
Bettina Frith
Ph +64 472 1367
Email info@dunbarsloane.co.nz
quality auction of Antique bisque dolls • fine model railway • diecast corgi • matchbox
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PART ONE • EVENING SALE
New Zealand & International Fine Art
Lots 1 – 76
6pm • Wednesday 18 November 2015
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Don Binney (1940-2012)
Swoop of the Kotare, Wainamu
lithograph, limited edition 49/55 (second edition)
signed and dated ‘Don Binney 1986 Edtn II’ (lower right);
inscribed with title (lower left)
65.5 x 48.5cm
$3,500 - 6,000
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Gordon Walters (1919-95)
Arahura
screenprint, limited edition 25/125
signed and dated ‘Gordon Walters 1982’ (lower right)
and inscribed with title (lower left)
55 x 44.5cm
$5,000 - 8,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Wellington
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Wellington
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jeff thomson (b 1957)
Letterbox
handpainted corrugated iron sculpture mounted on post
signed & dated ‘J G Thomson ‘83’ (lower edge)
H76 x W65 X D22cm, 163cm height overall on post
$2,000 - 4,000
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Ralph Hotere (1931-2014)
Manhires’s Midnight Windows at Carey’s Bay ‘79 [IV]
etching, limited edition 7/10
signed & dated ‘Hotere 1980’ (lower right); inscribed with title (lower left)
53 x 38cm
$4,000 - 7,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Wellington
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PROVENANCE
Private collection, Wellington
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Pat Hanly (1932-2004)
101 Nights
screenprint, limited edition 12/101
signed & dated ‘Hanly ‘95’ (lower right)
57 x 76cm
$1,750 - 3,000
PROVENANCE
Corporate collection, Auckland
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Sir M T [Toss] Woollaston (1910-98)
South of Greymouth
watercolour and graphite
signed ‘Woollaston’ (lower right)
34 x 50cm
$4,000 - 7,000
PROVENANCE
with Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
Private collection, Wellington
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Sir M T [Toss] Woollaston (1910-98)
Lake Ianthe
watercolour
signed ‘Woollaston’ (lower right) and inscribed with title and dated
1967 to reverse
31 x 39cm
$3,000 - 4,500
PROVENANCE
purchased directly from the artist, who was a close friend of the
original owner
Private collection, North Island
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Sir M T [Toss] Woollaston (1910-98)
Portrait of Michael
watercolour
signed ‘Woollaston’ (lower right)
36 x 26.5cm
$3,000 - 4,500
PROVENANCE
purchased directly from the artist, who was a close friend of the
original owner
Private collection, North Island
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Michael Smither (b 1939)
Mount Egmont with Cloud
watercolour
signed with initials and dated ‘MDS 1975’ (lower left)
55 x 89cm
$3,500 - 6,000
PROVENANCE
purchased John Leech Gallery, Auckland c1990
Private collection, Taupo
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John Drawbridge (1930-2005)
Day’s End
watercolour and pastel on paper
signed and dated ‘John Drawbridge May 2003’ (upper left)
77 x 57cm
$4,000 - 7,000
PROVENANCE
with Tinakori Gallery, 2003
Private collection, Wellington
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Douglas MacDiarmid (b 1922)
Still Life with Fruit Bowl
oil on canvas
signed and dated ‘MacDiarmid ‘59’ (lower right)
64 x 49cm
$2,500 - 4,000
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Douglas MacDiarmid (b 1922)
Girl Swimming
oil on canvas
signed and dated ‘MacDiarmid ‘64’ (upper centre)
72 x 49cm
$2,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE
purchased from the artist c1978
Private collection, Auckland
PROVENANCE
purchased from the artist c1978
Private collection, Auckland
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Russell Clark (1905-66)
Bell Lamp and Window
oil on board
signed ‘Russell Clark’ (lower right); inscribed with title to reverse
39 x 65.5cm, in original frame
$20,000 - 30,000
PROVENANCE
purchased John Leech Gallery, Auckland c1990
Private collection, Taupo
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John Walsh (b 1954)
Kotahitanga
oil on board
signed, inscribed with title and dated ‘J Walsh/ 2003’ to reverse
82 x 118cm
$7,500 - 12,500
PROVENANCE
Sale, Dunbar Sloane Ltd, 27 August 2003 (lot 45)
Private collection, Wellington
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Ralph Hotere (1931-2014)
Windows in Spain
watercolour and graphite on paper
signed and dated ‘Hotere 78’ (lower right); inscribed with title
(lower centre)
33.5 x 23.5cm
$4,000 - 7,000
PROVENANCE
purchased John Leech Gallery, Wellington 1986
Private collection, Wellington
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Grahame Sydney (b 1948)
Crucifix with Bones
oil on board
signed and dated ‘GRAHAME C. SYDNEY/ APL-MAY 1968/’ (lower right)
45 x 37cm
$15,000 - 25,000
PROVENANCE
purchased directly from the artist, Dunedin c1970
Private collection, Kapiti Coast
LITERATURE
Grahame Sydney, The Art of Grahame Sydney (Dunedin 2000) p. 11., plate 5 (colour illustration)
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THE WELLESLEY CLUB ART COLLECTION
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THE WELLESLEY CLUB ART COLLECTION
The following eight works are from the Wellesley Club, Wellington (for further details refer p. 76 of this catalogue)
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The All Blacks 1924
photographic print from original silver gelatin team photograph taken by
Crown Studios, Wellington
bears 28 signatures to margins of original squad
34 x 50cm, overall
$2,500 - 4,000
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England v NZ at Twickenham, 1924 Tour
Won by NZ 17-11
silver gelatin photograph
bears plaque inscribed with title
57 x 121cm
$2,500 - 4,000
PROVENANCE
The Wellesley Club Art Collection
PROVENANCE
The Wellesley Club Art Collection
The Invincibles 1924 All Blacks toured to the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and Canada. The photographic print is signed by players including Cliff
Porter, George Nepia, Maurice and Cyril Brownlie, Bert Cooke, Lui Paewai etc. The Invincibles earned the title by winning all 32 games on tour, scoring
838 points and conceding only 116.
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Sydney Lough Thompson (1877-1973)
Fishing Boats, Concarneau
oil on canvas
signed and dated ‘S L Thompson 46’ (lower left)
50 x 61cm
$15,000 - 25,000
PROVENANCE
The Wellesley Club Art Collection
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Gottfried Lindauer (1839-1926)
Hanne Rupene and her daughter Huria [or Ana Rupene and Child]
oil on canvas
signed and dated ‘G. Lindauer/ pinx: 1879’ (lower left); original Thomas
Myers paper labels to frame and reverse canvas; bears original inscription
‘Mr. Hanne Rupene and her daughter “Huria”, Manaia Pa, Hauraki district,
New Zealand, G. Lindauer pinx 1878’ (lower right reverse of canvas)
88 x 81cm
Note: The work is in its original frame
$60,000 - 80,000
PROVENANCE
The Wellesley Club Art Collection
We are grateful to Roger Blackley for his assistance in cataloguing this
work
LITERATURE
Evening Post, 22 May 1880, p. 2.
Lovers of art will do well to inspect some Maori paintings from the talented
brush of Mr. Lindauer, which are now on view at the establishment of Mr.
Myers, Lambton Quay. The paintings are three in number -- a portrait of the
Hon. Wi Tako, M.L.C., a picture of a Maori wahine with child, and another of
a young Maori belle, apparently not very long “out”. ... the spectator cannot
fail to be struck with the capital expression of the Maori women and the
chubby little “pickanniny”. ... It is worthy of remark that the handsome massive
frames -- of a kind which it was hitherto been found necessary to import from
Melbourne -- were manufactured on the premises of Mr. Myers, to whose
establishment they do great credit.
Gottfried Lindauer’s painting of Ana Rupene and her child has become an
iconic image in New Zealand art.
Lindauer, a Vienna-trained artist, arrived in New Zealand in 1874 and
quickly became famous for his portraits of Māori leaders and personalities.
This painting remains one of his most celebrated. Lindauer made up to
30 versions – one of which won a gold medal at the 1904 World’s Fair in
Saint Louis, United States.
The painting is based on a photograph of Ana Rupene Whetuki, also
known as Heeni Hirini, of the Ngāti Maru iwi (tribe), which was taken at
the Foy Brothers’ studio in Thames between 1871-1878. Studio portraits
of Māori were often produced as ‘family collections’ of people from a
region such as those ancestors from Pare Hauraki or the Thames region.
The life dates of Ana Rupene are not known, however, we know she lived
and died at Manaia on the Coromandel.
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Petrus Van der Velden (1837-1913)
Mt Rolleston and the Otira River
oil on board
signed ‘P van der Velden’ (lower left)
55 x 84cm
$10,000 - 20,000
PROVENANCE
The Wellesley Club Art Collection
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Charles Dixon (British 1872-1934)
Shipping Bristol Harbour
watercolour heightened with white
signed and dated ‘Charles Dixon/ 04’ (lower left)
36.5 x 27.5cm
$5,000 - 10,000
PROVENANCE
The Wellesley Club Art Collection
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R. Fenwick (C19th British)
Fishing Boats in English Channel
oil on board
signed ‘R. Fenwick’ (lower left); inscribed with title on original paper label
affixed to reverse
50 x 90cm
$2,500 - 4,500
PROVENANCE
The Wellesley Club Art Collection
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After Titian (Italian 1488/90-1576)
Danaë with Eros
from Danaë and the Shower of Gold Series
oil on canvas affixed to board
90 x 116cm
$3,000 - 6,000
PROVENANCE
The Wellesley Club Art Collection
Private vendors continued
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Johan Frederik Cornelis Scherrewitz (Dutch, 1868-1951)
Unloading the Catch, Scheveningen
oil on canvas
signed ‘’JScherrewitz’ (lower right)
60 x 49cm
$4,000 - 7,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Kapiti Coast
Johan Frederik Cornelis Scherrewitz was born in Amsterdam, 18th
March 1868. He studied as a pupil of the landscape painter, Johan Diderik
Cornelis Veltens (1814-1894) and George Jan Hendrik Poggenbeek
(1853-1903).
Scherrewitz lived and worked in Amsterdam until 1898 before moving
to Laren, followed by a sojourn in Haarlem before settling in Hilversum.
Influenced early in his career by his teachers particularly Poggenbeek,
Scherrewitz was renowned as a painter of the Dutch landscape. He was
particularly known for his portrayal of the fisher folk and the coast of
Holland, often depicting beached boats with fishermen unloading their
catch under a leaden North Sea sky.
Scherrewitz was highly regarded and successful as an artist; he was elected
to the Academy of St. Luke and to the Society of Arti et Amicitiae in
Amsterdam and exhibited widely. Between 1895 and 1903 he exhibited in
The Hague, Amsterdam and Arnhem. He was widely collected in England
and Scotland exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1907, Liverpool in 1909
and at the British Institution.
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26
Charles Frederick Goldie OBE (1870–1947)
Memories
Tearara, A Chieftainess of the Arawa Tribe of Maori’s, Rotorua, New Zealand
oil on canvas
signed and dated ‘C. F. Goldie. N.Z./ 1933 (upper left); inscribed on
original paper label ‘Charles Frederick Goldie, Auckland NZ/ “Memories”
Tearara, a chieftainess of the ARAWI tribe of Maoris, Rotorua NZ’ and
James Bourlet & Sons Art Dealers, London label attached to stretcher
46 x 41cm
$300,000 - 400,000
PROVENANCE
purchased Royal Academy, London 1934 by Miss H W Carnelly,
Bournemouth
by family descent
Private collection, United Kingdom
LITERATURE
Alister Taylor & Jan Glen, C F Goldie, 1870-1947, His Life & Painting
(Martinborough 1977) p. 134, p. 267. (illustrated)
Roger Blackley, Goldie (Auckland 1997) p. 34-35. Note: Goldie refers to
this work as ‘Memories’ Pipihaerehuka in his own correspondence to James
Cowan 1935 p. 183 & 186
EXHIBITED
London, Royal Academy 1934 (purchased for 262, 12d)
26a
Alister Taylor & Jan Glen
C F Goldie, 1870-1947, His Life & Painting & C F Goldie, Prints, Drawings &
Criticism (2)
Martinborough 1977 & 1979, both ed no 253
$500 - 800
PROVENANCE
set of books belong to the vendor of lot 26
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C F Goldie’s later career evolved independently of the Auckland Art
World. Encouraged by the governor general, Lord Bledisloe, Goldie
resumed painting around 1930, and embarked on the final body of work
in his career. This distinctive period was marked by a warmer palette,
looser brush and thinner paint application. He re-presented models he
had first depicted decades earlier, with titles echoing earlier examples.
The model of lot 26 Memories, Pipi Haerehuka (Te Arani, ?-1927) was
a chieftainess of the Ngatitunuhopu hapu of the Arawa tribe. She was
a direct descendant of Tamati Kapu, captain of one of the canoes that
arrived c1350 and the daughter of Haerehuka, the Ngati Whakaue chief.
Goldie first painted her in 1915, again in 1919, and continued to paint her
after her death in 1927.
Ignoring the Auckland Society of Arts and encouraged by his benefactor,
Goldie sent three paintings to London for the 1934 exhibition at the
Royal Academy of Arts. These were the present lot 26: Memories; as
well as Thoughts of a Tohunga: Wharekauri Tahuna and An Aristocrat: Atama
Paparangi. All three were selected, 'very well hung and much commented
on' among the 1600 paintings on display. Placing high prices on his works,
in order to maintain prestige, two of his 1934 oils for the Royal Academy
were particularly steep: Thoughts of a Tohunga was £420 and An Aristocrat
£393 12s 6d. An Aristocrat was sold to Lady Bledisloe for the nominal
sum of 100 guineas before it left New Zealand. Notably, An Aristocrat
was recently sold by Christies London, September 2013 for £313,875
($720,000NZD). The present lot Memories sold to an English Lady,
Miss H W Carnelly for the sum of 262, 12d at the Academy. It has
remained in the same family collection until the present day and this
is the first time it has been offered for sale post 1933. These publically
celebrated works were duly reported in the local press, and brought
acclaim to the status-conscious artist. In 1935 Goldie was awarded an
OBE and the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.
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27
Frances Hodgkins (1869-1947)
Methodist Chapel
gouache on paper
signed ‘Frances Hodgkins’ (lower left); original paper labels for The
Leicester Galleries attached to the reverse
48 x 63cm
$150,000 - 180,000
PROVENANCE
with The Leicester Gallery, London 1937
purchased from the above by Mrs Fielding for 31 Pounds (as per label
attached)
bequeathed to Mr L Schoeman, 6 Steene Rd, Pinetown [South Africa] as
per hand inscription to reverse
Sale, Stephan Welz & Co, Johannesburg, South African, British &
Continental Paintings & Sculpture, 23 August 1993 (lot 237)
with John Leech Gallery, Auckland
with Fisher Gallery, Christchurch
Private collection, Christchurch
LITERATURE
Arthur Howell, Frances Hodgkins, Four Vital Years (London 1951) p. 119,
121, 122
John Leech Gallery, Frances Hodgkins 1869-1947, Auckland June 1998
Exhibition Catalogue
Roger Collins & Iain Buchanan, Frances Hodgkins on Display, Galleries
Dealers & Exhibitions 1890-1950, Bulletin of New Zealand Art History,
Special Series No 5, 2000 (cover & verso illustration) p. 73, 77, 80
(illustration), 81
EXHIBITED
London, The Lefevre Gallery, New Paintings and Watercolours, October November 1937 (cat no. 27)
London, Biennale di Venezia, exhibited by the British Council at the
Galleries of Hertford House, 17 May - 8 June 1940 (cat no. 107) - Note:
The Biennale was held in London due to WWII, Leicester Gallery, Paintings
and Watercolours, October 1941 (cat no. 131)
Auckland, John Leech Gallery, Frances Hodgkins, June 1998
Methodist Chapel was one of 26 images chosen by Sir Kenneth Clark for
the 1940 Venice Bienale, held in London due to WWII. Hodgkins discusses
the significance of this selection in a letter to her brother, Willie Hodgkins:
‘…an invitation from the British Council to represent British Art at the
Biennial Exhibition in Venice in April - that is to fill a large sized Room in
the British Pavilion, the other painters being Duncan Grant, Wadsworth
& Munnings - each with a Room of their own - a very considerable
compliment to your sister one is assumed to be either eminent or dead perhaps a bit of both - before you can qualify for this honour - it is a very
important Exhibition…’
Letters of Frances Hodgkins, Linda Gill p. 497
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Sir Peter Siddell (1935-2011)
Brick House
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated ‘Peter Siddell 1987’ (lower left); inscribed with title to the reverse
56.5 x 122cm
$40,000 - 60,000
PROVENANCE
Presented on the occasion of 125th Anniversary of The New Zealand Herald by Tasman Pulp & Paper Co Ltd
Corporate Collection, Auckland
LITERATURE
Peter Siddell, The Art of Peter Siddell (Auckland 2011) p. 145 (colour illustration)
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Michael Smither (b 1939)
Blue Mast II
oil on board
signed with initials and dated ‘MDS ‘98’ (lower left)
120 x 62cm
$25,000 - 35,000
PROVENANCE
purchased directly from the artist
Private collection, Hawkes Bay
This work was inspired by the view from the artist’s Parnell home of Judges Bay, where the boats were
moored.
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Dick Frizzell (b 1943)
Canvas
oil on canvas
signed and dated ‘FRIZZELL 21/2/2003’ (lower right)
101 x 122cm
$25,000 - 35,000
PROVENANCE
Corporate Collection, Auckland
FINE ART
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Nigel Brown (b 1949)
Driftwood, Tolaga Bay
oil on board
signed and dated ‘92 (lower left); signed, inscribed and dated to reverse
119 x 240cm
$20,000 - 30,000
PROVENANCE
with Milford Galleries, Dunedin 1999
Corporate Collection, Wellington
In Driftwood, from stage left to right, Brown presents a typical kiwi bloke, a
seasoned and hopeful traveller, Maori culture and customs, the downfall of
Cook and finally a distanced observer, who is taking in the country which
is the sum of all these parts.
The narrative of this work begins and focuses on Tolaga Bay, the location
of Cook’s first contact with New Zealand. He presents it as a metaphor
of New Zealand and tilts normal perspective forward and in this way
the Tolaga pier reaches out into the “pool of NZ life”. He peoples the
surrounding and enclosing landscape with objects (Such as houses, flora
and fauna); in the central foreground two Maori figures hongi; roads lead
left to right. Everything is presented as being connected - the past, present
and future; the land and the sea; rural and urban. This powerful, symbolic
allegory of New Zealand has a predominant palette of greens, brown and
ochres suggestive of a living and cohesive environment.
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Colin McCahon (1919-87)
Landscape multiple no. 7
sawdust, synthetic polymer paint on hardboard
signed, entitled and dated ‘Colin McCahon’Landscape multiple/ May June
‘68/ No. 7 of a series of 12’ on reverse
29.5 x 29.5cm
$37,500 - 50,000
PROVENANCE
purchased by the current owner from Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland
15 October 1968 for $16.00 (original purchase receipt to be sold with
the work)
Private collection, Australia
LITERATURE
Marja Bloem & Martin Browne, Colin McCahon A Question of Faith (Nelson
2002) p. 208, 257.
EXHIBITED
Auckland, Colin McCahon’s Bargain Basement of Multiples & Variations on his
Regular Themes, Barry Lett Galleries, 14-25 October 1968, cat no 7.
There were twelve works in the Landscape multiple series of 1968.
Although called ‘Multiples’ each work was unique.
With the exception of the eight Visible Mysteries, McCahon’s painting
activity throughout 1968 concentrated on developing the landscape motif
that had occupied him the previous year. In several series - Helensville,
Landscape Multiples, South Canterbury - as well as a pair of Easter Island
triptychs, he pursued an imagery that reduced these locales to their most
basic elements.
Bloem & Browne, Colin McCahon A Question of Faith (Nelson 2002) p. 208.
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(Reverse of lot 32)
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Sir M T [Toss] Woollaston (1910-98)
Edith Alexander’s (Woollaston) Parent’s House in Cliff Road, Dunedin c. 1936
gouache on board
signed ‘Woollaston’ (lower right)
42 x 46.5cm
NOTE: Portrait to reverse
$10,000 - 15,000
PROVENANCE
with Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington 1992
Sale, The Sir Ivor Richardson Art Collection, Wellington, 22 March 2006
Private collection, Wellington
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Sir M T [Toss] Woollaston (1910-98)
Bayly’s Hill
oil on board
signed ‘Woollaston’ (lower right)
89.5 x 120cm
together with an ink sketch (927 x 36cm) by the same hand, which was
the original drawing for the work (see illustration left)
$30,000 - 40,000
PROVENANCE
originally purchased for 80 guineas directly from the artist. Woollaston
was a close friend of the original owner, who was present when the artist
painted the commission.
Private collection, North Island
(Original sketch of lot 34)
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Peter McIntyre (1910-95)
New Zealand’s maritime welcome to the Queen
Waitemata Harbour, Auckland on December 23, 1953
oil on board
signed ‘PETER MCINTYRE’ (lower right)
57 x 83cm
$40,000 - 60,000
PROVENANCE
Corporate Collection, Auckland
REPRODUCTION/LITERATURE
A photo-lithograph of this oil was specially printed by the Weekly
News. Lithograph was inscribed:
“Anticipating the greatest harbour pageant in our history, the New
Zealand artist Mr Peter McIntyre conceived this gay and exciting
scene on the Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, on December 23,
1953. Pleasure craft line the course of the Royal yacht Gothic
as, proudly flying the Royal Standard, the ship bears the Queen
through the portal of her New Zealand realm.’
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Peter McIntyre (1910-95)
Mount Ruapehu
watercolour
signed ‘PETER MCINTYRE’ (lower right)
52 x 73cm
$14,000 - 18,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Wellington
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Peter McIntyre (1910-95)
Rangitikei River
oil on board
signed ‘PETER MCINTYRE’ (lower right)
60 x 75cm
$20,000 - 30,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Wellington
FINE ART
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(Detail left hand panel)
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Tim Wilson (b 1954)
Mount Aoraki (Cook)
triptych, oil on linen
signed ‘A. H. T. Wilson - 98’ (lower right panel); each panel inscribed with
title and dated ‘98 (re worked ‘02) to reverse
76 x 459cm overall; 76 x 153cm per panel
$60,000 - 80,000
PROVENANCE
with Fisher’s Fine Art, Christchurch
Private collection, Christchurch
FINE ART
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Tim Wilson (b 1954)
Klondike corner, Bealey river
triptych, oil on canvas
signed and dated ‘A. H. T. Wilson, ‘99’ (lower right, right hand panel)
46 x 91.5cm per panel, 46 x 274.5cm overall
$16,000 - 26,000
PROVENANCE
Corporate Collection, Auckland
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Tim Wilson (b 1954)
‘Towards Glenorchy’ Lake Wakatipu (Place of Giants, New Zealand)
oil on canvas
signed and dated ‘AHTWilson 00’ (lower right); inscribed with title to
reverse
122 x 163cm
$20,000 - 30,000
PROVENANCE
Corporate Collection, Auckland
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John Gully (1819-88)
Lake Wanaka
watercolour
signed and dated ‘John Gully/ 1877’ (lower left)
36 x 64cm
$12,500 - 20,000
PROVENANCE
by descent, in vendor’s family for over 50 years
Private collection, Christchurch
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42
Charles Decimus Barraud (1822-97)
Lake Taupo
watercolour
signed and dated ‘CD. Barraud/ 1889’ (lower left);
bears original Frost & Reed Bristol label to reverse
20 x 34.5cm
$10,000 - 15,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, UK
The work depicts Lake Taupo from the mouth of the Waikato
river. The big boat being built on the lake’s edge is possibly the
Lake Taupo ferry (from Turangi to Taupo). Uniquely, all three
Maori sites have a large carved boundary pole.
(detail of lot 42)
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William Mathew Hodgkins (1839-98)
Cape Saunders
watercolour
signed ‘W.M.Hodgkins’ and inscribed ‘Cape Saunders/ from the Camp/
sketched in 1872’ (lower right)
31.5 x 50cm
$6,000 - 10,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Wairarapa
EXHIBITED
Christchurch, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Origins of Frances Hodgkins,
23 March - 14 April 1969 (original exhibition label to reverse)
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John Barr Clarke Hoyte (1835-1913)
Steamer on Lake Wakatipu
watercolour heightened with white
signed ‘J.C.Hoyte’ (lower left)
27.5 x 55cm
$3,000 - 6,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Wellington
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John Barr Clarke Hoyte (1835-1913)
Otira Gorge
watercolour heightened with white
signed with initials ‘JCH’ (lower right)
41 x 64cm
$15,000 - 25,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Wellington
FINE ART
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Sydney Lough Thompson (1877-1973)
Concarneau
oil on canvas board
signed ‘S L Thompson’ (lower right)
36 x 44cm
$7,500 - 12,500
PROVENANCE
Private Estate, Auckland
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Sydney Lough Thompson (1877-1973)
Baou de la Gaude from St Jeannet [1949]
oil on canvas
signed ‘S L Thompson’ (lower right)
59 x 45cm
$7,500 - 12,500
PROVENANCE
with Jonathan Grant Galleries, Auckland 1988
Private Estate, Auckland
Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the artist’s daughter,
Annette Thompson, 1992
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Sydney Lough Thompson (1877-1973)
Tourrettes-sur-Loup, Vieux Mas, arbre en fleurs No 2.
oil on canvas
signed ‘S L Thompson’ (lower left)
52.5 x 64cm
$15,000 - 20,000
PROVENANCE
Sale, International Art Centre, 30/05/1988 (lot 30)
Private Estate, Auckland
Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the artist’s daughter, Annette Thompson, 1992
FINE ART
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Colin Wheeler (1919-2012)
South Island Pastoral
oil on canvas board
signed and dated ‘C. V. WHEELER 02’ (lower left); original artist studio
label inscribed with title affixed to reverse
33 x 43cm
$3,500 - 5,500
PROVENANCE
with Lewis Paape Gallery, Lower Hutt
Private collection, Kapiti Coast
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Colin Wheeler (1919-2012)
Early Morning Muster, Nokomai Station, Southland
watercolour
signed ‘COLIN V. WHEELER’ (lower left)
34.5 x 29cm
$3,500 - 5,500
PROVENANCE
with Ferner Galleries
Private collection, Kapiti Coast
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Peter McIntyre (1910-95)
Sketch for the Divisional Christmas card 1940
charcoal on paper
signed ‘PETER MCINTYRE’ (lower right)
47 x 52cm
$5,000 - 8,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Wellington
LITERATURE
Peter McIntyre: War Artist (AH & AW Reed 1981) p. 43 (illustrated)
FINE ART
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Andrew McLeod (b 1976)
Untitled [2011]
acrylic on linen
signed and dated ‘A McLeod ‘11’ (lower right)
105 x 74cm
$6,000 - 10,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Manawatu
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Trevor Moffitt (1936-2006)
Top Left Hand Draw, Human Condition Series I
oil on board
signed and dated ‘Moffitt 74’ (upper right); inscribed with title to reverse
60 x 60cm
$5,000 - 8,000
PROVENANCE
Sale, Art+Object 1 March 2011 (lot 109)
Private collection, Wellington
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Tony Fomison (1939-90)
Head Study [c.1962]
charcoal on paper
88 x 56cm
$3,500 - 6,000
PROVENANCE
Collection of Ron O’Rielly, Curator, Christchurch Art Gallery
Sale, Dunbar Sloane Ltd, 28 April 1998 (lot 134)
Private collection, Wellington
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Jan Nigro (1920-2012)
Milford Sounds Two Hundred Years Later
oil on canvas
signed and dated ‘JAN NIGRO ‘84’ (lower right); inscribed with title to
reverse
76 x 92cm
$2,500 - 4,000
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PROVENANCE
The Jan Nigro Trust Collection
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Sir Peter Siddell (1935-2011)
Road
pastel on paper
signed and dated ‘PETER SIDDELL 1998’ (lower left); inscribed with title
and dated to reverse
32.5 x 50cm
$4,000 - 7,000
PROVENANCE
with Jonathan Grant Galleries, Auckland
Private collection, Nelson
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Patricia France (1911-95)
Couple in Landscape
oil on board
signed ‘P. France’ (lower left); inscribed with title and dated 1988 to
reverse
50 x 50cm
$4,000 - 7,000
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PROVENANCE
with Brooker Gallery, Wellington
Private collection, Wellington
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Nigel Brown (b 1949)
Your Lemon Sue
acrylic on paper
signed and dated ‘Nigel Brown 2010’ (lower right)
101 x 70cm
$5,000 - 7,000
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Janice Gill (b 1947)
Visitin’ Ma Boy Cousins
acrylic on board
signed and dated 1988 (lower left)
60 x 49cm
$5,000 - 8,000
PROVENANCE
with Williams Gallery, Petone
Private collection, Wellington
PROVENANCE
with Brooker Gallery, Wellington
Ex Artist’s Collection
LITERATURE
Janice Gill, Telling Stories (Wellington 2009) p.30.
FINE ART
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Eric Lee-Johnson (1908-93)
The Kindling
watercolour & indian ink
signed & dated ‘Lee Johnson 50-51’ (lower right)
46 x 56cm
$3,000 - 5,000
ILLUSTRATED
M K Joseph, Five Pictures form the Annual Exhibition of the Auckland Society of
Arts, Arts Year Book 7, Wellington 1951, p. 64-5
Edward Simpson, Art Review, Design Review, Vol 4, Issue 5 1952, p. 120
EXHIBITED
Annual Exhibition 1951, Auckland Society of Arts
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Kevin Charles [Pro] Hart (Australian 1928-2006)
The Rabbit Trapper
oil on board
signed ‘Pro Hart’ (lower right)
36.5 x 41cm
$3,000 - 5,000
PROVENANCE
purchased by Allen D. Christensen, owner of Texada Mines Pty Ltd, Perth
Sale, Dunbar Sloane Ltd, 21 April 2010 (lot 90)
EXHIBITED
Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide
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Walter Sickert (British 1860-1943)
Portrait of Mrs Starchfield
ink and graphite on buff paper
signed ‘Sickert’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘Mrs Starchfield’ (in pencil
lower right)
20 x 25cm
$2,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE
gifted to the present owner approximately 60 years ago as a
wedding present by her brother whom was a London resident at
the time
Private collection, Wellington
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Robert Russell McNee RGI (Scottish 1880-1952)
Tiree Coastal Village
oil on board
signed and dated ‘R. Russell Macnee/ 44’ (lower left); James
McClure & Son, Glasgow label affixed to reverse
33 x 44cm
$3,000 - 5,000
PROVENACE
Private collection, Wellington
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Russell Clark (1905-66)
Banks Peninsula Farm
watercolour
signed ‘RUSSELL CLARK’ (lower right)
25 x 29.5cm
$2,500 - 4,500
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PROVENANCE
Private estate, Invercargill
Private collection, Christchurch
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Francis Hamar Arden (1841-99)
Panoramic Landscape with Mt Egmont in the Distance
watercolour
signed ‘F. H. ARDEN, JUN’ (lower right)
50 x 75cm
$2,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Wairarapa
Francis Hamar Arden (also known as Hamar Arden Jnr) was born
in England, to an artistic family, his father being watercolourist
Hamar Humphrey Arden (1815-1895) and his grandfather the Rev.
Francis Edward Arden. Arden Jnr settled with his family in Taranaki
in 1853. After serving with the Military Settlers, Voluntary Rifles and
Armed Constabulary, he practiced with his father as a professional
artist in New Plymouth from 1871.
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Richmond Beetham (1836-1912)
“Mt Christina” West Coast of New Zealand
watercolour
signed with monogram (lower right); inscribed “Mt Christina”
West Coast of New Zealand/ !9,300 feet high’ (lower centre) and
‘Compliments of R. Beetham/Queenstown NZ Dec 1874’ (lower
right)
33 x 22.5cm
$2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, USA
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James Crowe Richmond (1822-98)
Sommes Island, Wellington Harbour from Days Bay
watercolour
inscribed with initials and dated ‘25 - Oct/ J.C.R’ (lower right)
28 x 46.5cm
$2,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE
Sale, Dunbar Sloane Ltd Wellington, 12 April 2000 (lot 9)
Private collection, Wairarapa
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William G Baker (1864-1929)
Waikato River
oil on canvas
signed ‘W. G. Baker’ and inscribed with title (lower left)
44 x 66.5cm
$2,500 - 4,500
69
John Gibb (1831-1909)
Rural Cottage with Young Girl Crossing Foot Bridge
oil on canvas
signed and dated ‘J. GIBB. 1886’ (lower right)
41 x 61cm
$3,000 - 5,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Wairarapa
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Wairarapa
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William Henry Mander (British 1850-1922)
In the Conway Valley, Betws-y-Coed
oil on canvas
signed and dated ‘W. H. Mander ‘07’ (lower left); inscribed with
title, signed and dated to reverse
51 x 76cm
$2,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Kapiti Coast
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David Bates (British 1840-1921)
Fishing on the Lledr
oil on canvas
signed and dated ‘David Bates/ 1875’ (lower left)
51 x 76cm
$2,500 - 4,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Kapiti Coast
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Margaret Stoddart (1865-1934)
Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire
watercolour
signed ‘M.O.Stoddart’ (lower left)
34 x 24cm
$3,000 - 5,000
PROVENANCE
Estate of M & J Oakley, Lower Hutt
Private collection, Wellington
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Margaret Stoddart (1865-1934)
The Old Lock House
watercolour
signed ‘M.O.Stoddart’ (lower left)
24 x 34cm
$2,500 - 4,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Wellington
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Peter McIntyre (1910-95)
Driftwood & Boat Hull, Otaki
watercolour
signed and dated ‘PETER MCINTYRE ‘47’ (lower right)
36 x 47cm
$3,000 - 5,000
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PROVENANCE
Sale, Dunbar Sloane Ltd, 1 December 1999 (lot 94)
Private collection, Bay of Plenty
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Tom Esplin (1915-2005)
The Bay of Skopelos, Greece
oil on board
signed ‘Esplin’ (lower left); inscribed with
title on original label to reverse
26 x 41cm
$3,500 - 5,500
PROVENANCE
with Rosslyn Gallery, Dunedin
Private Estate, Wellington
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Tom Esplin (1915-2005)
Eastgate, Chester
oil on board
signed ‘Esplin’ (lower left)
36 x 51cm
$2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE
Private Estate, Wellington