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Modern & Contemporary Art

Wednesday 12 October 2016

International Art Centre

Auction Date & Venue

6:30pm Wednesday 12 October

International Art Centre 202 Parnell Road, Auckland Viewing Times

Wednesday 5 October 10:00am - 5:30pm

Thursday 6 October 9:00am - 5:30pm

Friday 7 October 10:00am - 5:00pm

Saturday 8 October 11:00am - 4:00pm

Sunday 9 October 11:00am - 4:00pm

Monday 10 October 9:00am - 5:30pm

Tuesday 11 October 9:00am - 5:30pm

Wednesday 12 October 9:00am - 1:00pm (Auction 6:30pm)

Parking During Viewing:

Allocated carparks located directly behind International Art Centre. Further parking at St John’s Car Park, accessed at 244 Parnell Road, 40 metres up from International Art Centre

Parking During Auction:

Two large carparks located in Denby Street directly behind International Art Centre. Ample parking available to auction clients on evening of sale.

Absentee Bidding

Absentee Bid Form - page 98 Fax to +64 9 307 3421 or email info@internationalartcentre.co.nz

Conditions of Sale - page 2 Bid via website www.fineartauction.co.nz

Conditions of Sale & A Guide to Buyers

The highest bidder shall be the buyer. In the event of any dispute as to the bidding in respect of any lot, that lot may be offered again at the discretion of the auctioneer whose decision shall be absolute and final.

The auctioneer has the right -

(i) to refuse any bid;

(ii) to advance the bidding at his absolute discretion;

(iii) to place a reserve on any lot;

(iv) to place a bid or bids on behalf of the seller;

(v) to withdraw any lot from sale;

(vi) to require a successful bidder to pay forthwith the whole or any part of the purchase price.

The auctioneer acts as the agent of the seller and neither he nor the seller shall be responsible for any defects or faults in any lot or for any errors of description or for genuineness or authenticity of any lot and no compensation shall be paid in respect of same.

From the time of lot being sold, such lot will be the responsibility of the buyer. Successful bidders are required to pay for purchases immediately on completion of sale unless otherwise arranged.

All intending buyers are required to register for a bidding number prior to auction commencing. Subscribers can use their permanent bidding number. We reserve the right to ask for identification if you are a first time client of International Art Centre.

Each lot shall be paid for and removed at the buyers expense by no later than 4pm Friday 14 October 2016 unless otherwise arranged failing which the auctioneer and/or the seller shall have the right to forfeit any deposit paid by the buyer and to resell the lot either by public or private sale and any deficiency on costs of resale shall be borne by the defaulting buyer.

No lot may be collected or paid for whilst auction is in progress.

SUBJECT BIDS

When the auctioneer declares a lot ‘subject’ this means the bid is below the set reserve and is subject to vendor accepting, rejecting or negotiating the bid. International Art Centre will endeavour to make contact with the vendor immediately after sale or the following day. If the bid is accepted, the highest bidder is obligated to make purchase.

ESTIMATES

Estimates are provided for each entry and act as a guide only. They are prepared well in advance of sale and are subject to revision at any time. Estimates are based on hammer price and do not include our buyers premium.

ABSENTEE BIDS

Absentee bidding arranged - please refer to absentee bidding page in back of catalogue. Fax to (09) 307 3421 or post to PO Box 37 344 Parnell. Please do not be offended if a member of our staff asks for your credit card details as security.

Absentee bids can also be left via our website to registered members. International Art Centre website www.fineartauction. co.nz acts as a useful auxiliary to the catalogue but we recommend inspection or a condition report prior to leaving a bid. Our staff will gladly supply you with a condition report on any lot.

TELEPHONE BIDS

Telephone bidding available to subscribers. There is no charge for this service.

PAYMENT FACILITIES

Eftpos: Available for transactions $2,000 or less which is the banks daily limit. For transactions less than $4,000 a 50% deposit on the evening and balance following morning is acceptable as long as the goods remain on our premises until full payment is made.

Bank deposits: Please ask for our bank details to be faxed or emailed if you wish to pay by direct debit. Quote the Lot number(s) Cheques: Accepted by known clients of International Art Centre or at our discretion. When posting cheques please ensure they are sent to the following address. International Art Centre PO Box 37344 Parnell, Auckland 1151. Make cheque payable to ‘International Art Centre’ Credit cards: Visa & Mastercard accepted with a 2% surcharge. No other credit cards accepted.

FREIGHT & PACKING

International Art Centre will gladly arrange in house or professional packing and international, national or local freight at cost. Please arrange insurance on your items prior to them leaving our premises. In some cases, we may be able to arrange delivery ourselves within the Auckland area.

OTHER ENQUIRIES

+64 9 379 4010 Toll Free 0800 800 322 info@fineartauction.co.nz www.fineartauction.co.nz

BUYERS PREMIUM

15% Buyers premium plus GST on premium applies to all lots. Total buyers premium is 17.25% including GST

Cover: Lot 46 Steve Harris

Back Cover: Lot 37 Max Gimblett

24 August Important & Rare highlights

C F Goldie fetched $370,000 plus buyers premium

International Art Centre’s August Important & Rare auction held in our new premises at 202 Parnell Road exceeded expectations with sales in excess of $2 million, for the second time in 2016. Charles F Goldie’s In Doubt, painted in 1915, is further evidence of International Art Centre’s ongoing commitment to the Goldie and Maori portraiture market. After the record $1.175 million sale of Goldie’s Wharekauri Tahuna in our April auction the market continues to respond well. This small portrait, with an estimate of $250,000 - 350,000, quickly reached $370,000 on the floor - the third highest price for a painting in the New Zealand market in 2016. Another Goldie study went for $80,000. Action and excitement wasn’t confined to Goldie though as Peter Siddell’s Red Carpet, expected to sell between $60,000 - 80,000 climbed

Going Going Goldie!

$433,000 incl. bp

A record for a small size Goldie portrait

from $50,000 to $110,000 in a matter of seconds.

International Art Centre leads the Siddell market comfortably - and this catalogue includes a work aptly titled To Turner and comes through us from from the artist’s estate. Support was seen across all the market - Charles D Barraud’s oil Diamond Lake made $50,000 with another smaller work selling for $15,000. Michael Smither Cricket Match went for $52,500 and Bill Hammond’s Untitled II, a work on paper went for $64,000. Colin McCahon’s Waterfall sold for $300,000.

A Ralph Hotere work on paper A Black Union Jack sold for $47,000 against it’s $30,000 - 40,000 estimate. Over 75% of the catalogue was sold which was an excellent start to our much admired new premises. Prices are fall of the hammer and attract buyers premium

C F Goldie fetched $80,000
Michael Smither $52,500
Charles Blomfield fetched $37,500
Colin McCahon fetched $300,000
Colin McCahon fetched $62,500
C D Barraud fetched $50,000
Biill Hammond fetched $64000
Ian Scott fetched $12,750
John Weeks fetched $21,000
Peter Siddell fetched $110,000
Ralph Hotere fetched $47,000

International Art Centre’s Important & Rare auctions are the proven, preeminent mixed vendor sale category for major works offered through the New Zealand art market. As we fast approach our 50th year in business, experience continues to equal results.

2014 saw International Art Centre realise five of New Zealand’s top ten auction prices.

2015 saw new records set with the two top prices in Auckland achieved at our Important and Rare auctions.

With the addition of the record 1.37million paid in April’s Goldie sale

International Art Centre has now achieved the three highest art prices in a mixed vendor sale. With an appreciative, and greatly valued clientele of nationwide and international buyers and sellers we look forward to breaking new ground.

International Art Centre

Fine Art Dealers, Auctioneers & Valuers

Paradise

Film Project Fundraiser Lots 1 - 13

The following 13 lots are being offered by auction to assist funding for an upcoming film project by Morag Brownlie - working title Paradise. Morag’s artist friends have kindly gifted or will share proceeds of their artworks to be offered in this auction. Funds raised will assist Paradise get to the next stages of scripting and promotion, for pitching it here and abroad.

Sir David Attenborough is one of the inspirations of the film. He is aware of the project and has given his approval. Artist Fatu Feu’u has signed Morag and David Fundraising on the back of his work Palauli, Samoa Rainforest Series.

Unique, romantic, humorous, visual and very moving… Paradise will certainly be one to watch out for in the future.

Thank you to all the artists and collectors for supporting this fundraising effort.

Brownlie has a unique vision both celebratory and profound.

NZ HERALD

Lead by Visionary Auteur Morag Brownlie. THEATREVIEW

Morag Brownlie is one of NZ’s most innovative and expressive creatives. She has propelled her imaginative spirit and choreographic skills into the creation of high octane, exhilarating filmic and performance experiences for the enjoyment of a wide range of enthusiastically appreciative audiences, over many years.

Dianne Blomfield (AK Museum Event programmer)

Brownlie was a major contributor to the World of Wearable Art for well over a decade, as artistic director, visuals director, choreographer, and performer. She has created many performance and filmic experiences - from intimate duets at weddings to large entertainment concepts for the likes of Team New Zealand’s Americas Cup balls and Sky-City’s New Year’s Eve extravaganzas.

Morag’s first short film Mes Mer… played at A-list international film festivals, she was nominated in the Nokia NZ film awards as best director. More experimental by nature, Morag’s Short films can be viewed here http://kisstheground.co.nz/ shortfilms-1/

Paradise will be her first feature, in collaboration with top film artists and technicians.

1 HEATHER STRAKA

Untitled Oil on panel 23 x 35 Signed 3,000 - 5,000

2 GENNIE DE LANGE

She’s Over Dressed

Glazed ceramic tile

30 x 30 Signed

800 - 1,200

3 GENNIE DE LANGE A DiffcultDecision

Glazed ceramic tile

30 x 30 Signed

800 - 1,200

Palauli, Samoa Rainforest Series

Acrylic on canvas 110 x 76

Signed, inscribed & dated 2016

Inscribed To Morag & David fundraising

verso

2,500 - 3,500

5 JOHN PULE

In the Evening, 2012

Lithograph on BFK rives 300g paper, edition of 30, 73 x 63.5

Signed, inscribed & dated 2012

1,600 - 2,000

4 FATU FEU’U

Woodblock print, edition13/25, 30 x 21

Signed & dated 2003

300 - 500

Woodblock print, edition of 4/25, 30 x 21

Signed & dated 2005

300 - 500

Skull Lion

Woodblock print, edition 3/25, 30 x 21

Signed & dated 2006

300 - 500

Signed

300 - 500

TONY DE LAUTOUR
Placebo, 2005
9 BODHI VINCENT Dancer Oil on board 42 x 29.7
6 TONY DE LAUTOUR
NZ Snake
7 TONY DE LAUTOUR

Maria Angelica Barbuto - Diptych

Oil on two canvas 177.5 x 290

Signed

8,000 - 10,000

Nearby

Mixed media on road sign 89 x 74

Signed & dated 2015 verso 1,800 - 2,500

Road-signs are warning symbols of our world. They have been transformed into Navigational Markers. Light reflections of the ephemeral moment and of the natural world. Reflections of self and of the other.  A state of Here Today…. DS

RAEWYN TURNER
11
DELICIA SAMPERO

DELICIA

Little Bird from Conference of the Birds

Cut out reflective road sign, 35 x 33

Signed 180 - 280 13

Little Bird from Conference of the Birds

Cut out reflective road sign, 37 x 33

Signed

180 - 280

12
SAMPERO
DELICIA SAMPERO

14

EVEREST BASE CAMP STONE

Rock Collected from Everest Base Camp to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the first ascent of Mt Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, May 29th, 1953

9 x 3 cm approx

Framed and mounted - with the signatures of Sir Edmund Hillary, his son Peter Hillary and Tashi Norzay on the mount 20,000 - 30,000

Provenance: Private Collection, Otago

In 2003 a coordinated group trekked to Everest base camp to commemorate the 50th anniversary of The First Ascent, arriving at base camp on the 28th of May which was the day before the original ascent 29th of May. Peter Hillary joined for parts of the trip and he also hosted the celebrations.

While at base camp a series of three rocks were collected that resembled mountains and they were subsequently returned to New Zealand. The signatures are Ed’s, Peter’s and Tashi Tenzing who is Tenzing Norgay’s grandson. Tenzing was Hillary’s Sherpa and climbing companion on the ascent. Peter and Tashi were patrons of the 50k Charity Ski Race of Coronet, which raised $1m over five years and established the Chair of Paediatric Research at Otago University. One of the rocks fetched $27,000 at the gala dinner in 2003. The third belongs to a climber from the trip and will not be sold.

The Beekeeper - Edmund Hillary, circa 1952

Original unique photograph 24 x 18.5

Signed and inscribed verso 800 - 1,200

Provenance: Howard Family Collection.

Photo taken in the early 1950s when my father lived in Papakura. Ed and his brother Rex owned the adjacent house at the time. This is the only image in existence as the negatives were destroyed in a flood at the our property in the 1960s. Frank Howard, artist’s son. Des Howard was a professional photographer from Auckland.

15 DES HOWARD

16 NIGEL BROWN

Small Hillary Icon Oil on plywood

37 x 32

Signed, inscribed & dated 1999

5,000 - 8,000

Provenance:

Part of a series of works created after Nigel Browns Antarctica Residency in 1998

17 NIGEL BROWN

To Be Or Not To Be I Am Oil on plywood

51 x 34

Signed, inscribed & dated 2001

5,500 - 8,500

18

DON BINNEY

Swoop of the Kotare, Waimanu

Screenprint, edition 158/175, 66 x 48

Signed, inscribed & dated 1980

5,000 - 7,000

19 PAT HANLY

Untitled

Screenprint, edition of 101, 56 x 76

Signed & dated 1995

2,500 - 3,500

20 PETER SIDDELL

Red Glass

Watercolour 22.5 x 16.5

Signed & dated 1983

2,500 - 3,500

Oil on board 31.5 x 22

Signed

1,000 - 1,600

Oil on board 31.5 x 22

Signed

1,000 - 1,600

22
AGNES WOOD
Mondrian II
21 AGNES WOOD
Mondrian I

To Turner Oil on board 42 x 63

4,000 - 6,000

Provenance: Artist’s Estate Collection

The artist admired the work of English romanticist Joseph Mallord William Turner. In this rare work the artist pays homage to Turner in a panorama of an Auckland Western view

23
PETER SIDDELL

An Art Political Statement

Pencil and oil applied to Xerox photograph 37 x 42

Signed, inscribed & dated X’89

2,000 - 3,000

Provenance:

Collection of a New Zealand artist, friend of Ralph Hotere

An Art Political Statement is part of a series of works based on xerox copies of photographs courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library. this one being a 19th century view titled Old Port Chalmers.

They were protest pieces - with this work being Ralph’s protest at the loss of his own studio and the general character of Port Chalmers during and intense period of re-development in the 1980s.

RALPH HOTERE

IAN KINGSTONE

The Girl at the End of the Bar Oil on canvas 75 x 74

Signed & dated 2010 1,200 - 1,600

IAN KINGSTONE

The Driver Oil on canvas 45 x 45

Signed 800 - 1,200

PETER MADDEN

It Comes From the Heart

Mixed media collage 35 x 36

Signed & dated 2008 verso

800 - 1,500

Fern

Archival inkjet print, 90 x 90

Signed & inscribed verso 2,000 - 3,000

Lithograph, edition 10/30, 43.5 x 50

Signed, inscribed & dated 2000

1,800 - 2,500 30

Watercolour and pencil 36.8 x 33.5

Signed & dated 1970

800 - 1,200

28 ANS WESTRA
29 GRETCHEN ALBRECHT
Coral Reef
JAN NIGRO
Iris and Torso

An Artweek Auckland Event

Teresa H R Lane

B(v)=(n01/1)v The theorem of how to harness auction fever

31 TERESA H R LANE

B(v)=(n01/1)v

The theorem how to harness auction fever

Acrylic ink, archival digital ink on watercolour paper & collage on canvas 100 x 200

Signed & dated 2016

The visual story Teresa HR Lane presents, directly references her living experiences. Whilst she is an active participant, she also plays the role of observer, documenting the human form, celebrating the ordinary, and recognising the humorous and often perverse ways we interact with others.

B(v) = (n-1/1)v The theorem of how to harness auction fever delves into the swirling emotions of the art auction floor – a passionate marketplace where the joy of the buyer’s elation is juxtaposed with the lament of those that missed out. Lane’s work examines the inflammatory nature of desire and captures the scent of competitive arousal.

As she questions, Am I important?, this emerging artist has decided – in the spirit of auction fever – to let the audience arbitrate the value of her work. She encourages bidders to examine their motives, asking them to consider whether the purchase is driven by taste, trend, risk, or simply a desire to own something unique that other people want. Her work will be go under the hammer unreserved, a ‘market is never wrong’ approach that encourages a direct value comparison with the work of the other New Zealand artists in the auction against significant New Zealand artists, as she encourages the buyer to decide value.

This work will be exhibited in the window of International Art Centre during Artweek Auckland. We request the buyer leave it on show until the completion of Artweek.

32 JOHN WALSH

Untitled

Oil on board 11 x 50.5

Signed

1,000 - 2,000

33 PAT HANLY

Torso: Adventurer

Etching, edtion 17/30, 66 x 48

Signed, inscribed & dated 1978

1,000 - 1,500

34 MICHEL TUFFERY

Taranaki Landscape

Acrylic on board 8.5 x 48.5

Signed

1,000 - 1,500

La Picador II

Lithograph 20 x 25

Dated 16.3.61/II and 21.4.61 on plate

5,000 - 7,000

La Picador II is the only 24 colour lithograph that was ever produced by the artist.

Reference: no. 1017, Picasso, Volume I, Catalogue of the printed graphic work 19041967, George Bloche

35 PABLO PICASSO

36 MERVYN WILLIAMS

Vista (Red)

Acrylic on canvas 80.5 x 46.5

Signed, inscribed & dated 2004 verso

5,000 - 7,000

37 MAX GIMBLETT

Portrait

Acrylic and vinyl polymers on canvas 212.5 x 213.0

Signed, inscribed & dated 2005 verso

35,000 - 45,000

Provenance:

Private Collection, Auckland

Purchased from Gow Langsford Gallery

38 IAN SCOTT

Small Lattice No. 345

Acrylic on canvas 90.5 x 90.5

Signed & inscribed verso

3,000 - 5,000

Provenance:

Private Collection, Auckland

Purchased from International Art Centre, 2001

39 ROY GOOD Segment Series No.5

Acrylic on jute 160 x 92

Signed & dated 1982 verso

6,000 - 8,000

Provenance:

Private Collection, Auckland

Exhibited New Vision Gallery, 1982

Four

Acrylic on canvas 87 x 71

Mixed media canvas 173 x 210

Signed & dated 1999-2002

10,000 - 15,000

Signed, inscribed & dated 1997 verso

6,000 - 8,000

40 JAMES ROBINSON
41 MERVYN WILLIAMS Falling

Untitled Oil on canvas 122 x 151

Signed & dated 1990

6,000 - 8,000

Provenance:

Private Collection, Wellington

42
JOHN S PARKER

Splendid Music Announces the Opening of the Show. Purcell’s Christmas Music for Queen Mary

Acrylic on canvas 137 x 167

Signed & dated 2004

7,000 - 10,000

Provenance: Private Collection, Auckland Purchased from SOCA, 2004

Exhibited: Christmas Fairy - SOCA, 2004

43 PIERA MCARTHUR

44

JOHN S PARKER

Plain Song - 4 Songs for Winter

Winter Light

Oil stick on paper 120 x 80

Signed, inscribed & dated 1997

3,500 - 4,500

Provenance:

Private Collection, Wellington

45

JOHN S PARKER

Plain Song - 4 Songs for Winter

Oil stick on paper 120 x 80

Signed, inscribed & dated 1998

3,500 - 4,500

Provenance:

Private Collection, Wellington

Signed

12,000 - 16,000

46 STEVE HARRIS
Highland Tent (3 Lights), 2010
Acrylic on canvas 72 x 118

Moonlight Hemisphere

Acrylic on canvas 152 x 303

Signed, inscribed & dated 1987 verso

7,000 - 12,000

Bee Lady Oil on canvas 182 x 182

Signed, inscribed & dated 2000 verso

10,000 - 15,000

Provenance: Private Collection, Auckland

Exhibited:

The Cloak, Milford Galleries, Auckland, November 2002

Cat no. 12

48
JOANNA BRAITHWAITE
47 GRETCHEN ALBRECHT

King George III from Restrike in a Landscape Oil on paper on board 57.2 x 70

Signed & dated 1984

15,000 - 18,000

Provenance:

Purchased at International Art Centre 2003, by current owner

Huia Variations - Pink Ladies Oil on canvas 100 x 100

Signed, inscribed & dated 1978 verso

22,000 - 28,000

Provenance:

Elva Bett Gallery stamp verso

Brooke Gifford Gallery stamp verso

49 DON BINNEY
50 ALAN PEARSON

Untitled Oil on canvas 152 x 188

2,000 - 4,000

Provenance:

Private Collection, Auckland

51 DENYS WATKINS

Signed & dated 1980

2,500 - 3,500

Provenance:

Private Collection, Auckland

Purchased directly from the artist, 1980

Signed & dated 1995

3,000 - 5,000

Provenance:

Private Collection, Auckland

53 NIGEL BROWN Moon Creation Flower Oil on canvas 89 x 59
52 ROBERT ELLIS Tiheru
Mixed media collage on paper 77 x 58

Fibre-based silver bromide print, edition 1 of 5, 95 x 136

Signed & dated 2013

2,500 - 3,500

Provenance:

Private Collection, Auckland

Purchased from FHE Galleries

54 CASEY MOORE
Puriri Moth

55 CASEY MOORE

Giant Bush Dragonfly

Fibre-based silver bromide print,

edition 1 of 5, 95 x 136

Signed & dated 2013

2,500 - 3,500

Provenance:

Private Collection, Auckland

Purchased from FHE Galleries

56 CASEY MOORE

Giant Weta

Fibre-based

silver bromide print, edition 1 of 5, 136 x 95

Signed & dated 2013

2,500 - 3,500

Provenance:

Private Collection, Auckland

Purchased from FHE Galleries

Headland 2

Acrylic on canvas

150 x 101

Signed, inscribed & dated 2013 verso

Provenance:

Purchased from Orexart, Auckland

2,000 - 3,000

57 ROSS LEWIS

58 ROY GOOD Golden Mean from Diamond Series Acrylic and gouache on board 70 x 120

Signed & dated 2004

3,500 - 4,500

59 PETER SIDDELL Girl at the Gate Also known as Girl with House Oil on board 51 x 40

Signed & dated 1970

3,000 - 5,000

Provenance:

Private Collection, Auckland since 1970

60 PETER SIDDELL

Houses at Taipa

Oil on board 20 x 60

Signed & dated 1970 2,500 - 3,500

Provenance:

Artist’s Estate Collection

Records found in the artist’s studio and archives indicate this work was painted at the estuary in Taipa near Mangonui, Northland in the summer of 1970.

61 ANNA DUNSHEATH

Star Turn

Acrylic on board with stainless steel 80 x 140

Signed, inscribed & dated 2010 verso 1,500 - 2,500

Provenance:

Purchased from Sanderson Gallery, Auckland, 2010

62 ANNA DUNSHEATH

Suspended Animation

Acrylic on board with stainless steel 140 x 80

Signed, inscribed & dated 2010 verso 1,500 - 2,500

Provenance:

Purchased from Sanderson Gallery, Auckland, 2010

63 MARK CROSS

Morning Piha

Oil on board 38 x 59

Signed

2,500 - 3,500

64 MARK CROSS

Slope (Stratus)

Oil on board 29 x 100

Signed

2,800 - 3,800

65 MARK CROSS

Tracks Towards Te Ari

Watercolour 22 x 35

Signed

800 - 1,500

66 MARK CROSS

Te Henga North

Watercolour 22 x 35

Signed

800 - 1,500

67 MARK CROSS

Towards the Kaipara

Watercolour 23 x 35

Signed

800 - 1,500

After Rain, Takaka, 1971

Oil on canvas board 65 x 79

15,000 - 20,000

Provenance: Private collection, Marlborough Purchased in 1982 by the vendor’s parents

Illustrated: p. 69 Leo Bensemann Landscapes & Studies

Caroline Otto, Nikau Press 2004

Exhibited:

Retrospective Exhibition, Rue Pompallier Gallery, Akaroa, 1972

Cat. no 30

‘In his landscapes Mr Bensemann strips away the irrelevant, he selects forms and isolates features that give the landscape of Takaka…a character essential to the location, and he combines this with a very personal and expressive selection

of colour that is a register of his own mood and response to the land. His Takaka paintings, for example, painted as they are with heavy greens, greys and clacks are full of dark foreboding’ Exhibition Review in Christchurch Press, 1972

Following Tapper's 1980 exhibition The Law and It's People his legal series has become increasingly popular and sought-after. The series commenced with a commission received from the Auckland Law Society commemorating its centennial year. The Llb's, a stylish work, features four Auckland University law graduates in cap and gowns, about to make their mark on the

world. During this period Tapper produced his largest lithograph, The Crown Prosecutor. Pleased with the finished work, the artist says: Although its image was sketchily drawn, it was nevertheless full of the incidental of courtroom drama; beautifully drawn, without any hesitation. From text attached verso

69 GARTH TAPPER

The LLB’s Oil on board 31.5 x 38.5

Signed & dated 1984

8,000 - 12,000

70 GARTH TAPPER

The Wrestlers Oil on board 22 x 29

Signed 2,000 - 3,000

71 GARTH TAPPER

Puhoi Farmer

Acrylic on paper 12 x 12

Signed, inscribed & dated 1985

400 - 800

72 GARTH TAPPER

Courtroom Sketch

Pencil on paper 24 x 18.5

Signed 600 - 1,000

73 GARTH TAPPER

Ponsonby Pencil on paper 11.5 x 10.5

Signed & dated 1986

400 - 600

74 A AUSTEN DEANS

Boundary Creek (Looking Downstream towards Rangitata River)

Watercolour 25 x 33

Signed & dated 1952 1,500 - 2,000

75 COLIN V WHEELER

Near the Rink, Tekapo

Watercolour 25 x 35

Signed 1,000 - 1,500

Watercolour 44 x 56

Signed

4,000 - 6,000

76 OLIVIA SPENCER BOWER
Waimakariri River

77

78

Maori Boy

Charcoal drawing on paper 48.5 x 14.5

Signed

4,000 - 6,000

Facade Reflections

Oil on canvas board 30 x 40

Certificate of Authenticity signed by Allan Swinton & Hilda O’Connor

affxedverso

2,500 - 3,500

PETER MCINTYRE
JOHN WEEKS

79 ERIC LEE JOHNSON

T’was Brillag, from Alice Through the Looking Glass

Watercolour 46 x 57

Signed & dated 1946

2,000 - 3,000

80 A LOIS WHITE

Ex Vida Steinert Collection

500 - 1,000

81 A LOIS WHITE

Figure Study

Ex Vida Steinert Collection

500 - 1,000

Dancing Lady
Woodcut 11 x 8
Woodcut, 15.5 x 10

Oil on canvas 122 x 167

Signed & dated 2011

4,000 - 6,000

This is a local headland where I spend a lot of time surfing when the swell comes in from the north or easterly direction. It’s arguably the most famous surfing point in New Zealand. Whareakeake translates to ‘House of the land of hop bush’. For the local iwi it was a greenstone manufacturing centre. When the ‘Sofia’ - a sealing and whaling boat was anchored in the bay, a man named Tucker went ashore to barter for potatoes. He got a little more than he

bargained for. A year earlier he had bartered for a ‘baked head’ or a preserved maori head which he later sold in Sydney. On this new visit he was recognised by Te Matahaere (ancestor of Taiaroa) and attacked by the local tribe. He was bludgeoned to death. A battle ensued between the sofia crew and the local iwi which resulted in many deaths. This is why the Dunedin locals call the bay Murdering Bay. JS 2011

82
JUSTIN SUMMERTON
Whareakeake

84

Motueka

Watercolour 26 x 35

Signed 4,000 - 6,000

Untitled

Watercolour 54 x 75

400 - 600

83 TOSS WOOLLASTON
ANNA CASELBERG

Signed & dated 1999

4,000 - 6,000

85 PIERA MCARTHUR Orchestra Oil on canvas 120 x 100

86

PHILIPPA BLAIR

Las Senderas (Pathways/Tracks)

Oil on canvas 100 x 152

Signed, inscribed & dated 1998 verso

1,500 - 2,500

87 ROBIN KAHUKIWA

Tangata Whenua (Still Here)

Oil on canvas 121 x 121

Signed, inscribed & dated 2015

5,000 - 7,000

89

Curtain Mirror

Mirror with painted wood surrounds with ribbons of copper wire 93 x 88.5

Provenance:

Purchased from Aberhart North Gallery, September 1990

800 - 1,200

90

Hot Buttered

Screenprint, edition of 80, A/P, 74 x 53

Signed, inscribed & dated 2007

800 - 1,200

Late Summer Oil on canvas 101 x 76

Signed 3,000 - 5,000

DICK FRIZZELL
JUSTIN SUMMERTON
88 MARK PERRY

Lake Te Anau is in the southwestern corner of the South Island of New Zealand. The lake covers an area of 344 km², making it the second-largest lake by surface area in New Zealand and the largest in the South Island. It is the largest lake in Australasia by fresh water volume.

The main body of the lake runs north-south, and is 65 km in length. Three large fiords form arms to the lake on its western flank: North Fiord, Middle Fiord and South Fiord. These are the only inland fiords that New Zealand has, the other 14 are out on the coast. Several small islands lie in the entrance to Middle Fiord, which forks partway along its length into northwest and southwest arms. The surface of the lake is at an altitude of 210 m. It has a maximum depth of 417 m, so much of its bed lies below sea level, with the deepest part of the lake being 226 metres below sea level.

Several rivers feed the lake, of which the most important is the Eglinton River, which joins the lake from the east, opposite the entrance to North Fiord. The outflow is the Waiau River, which flows south for several kilometres into Lake Manapouri. The town of Te Anau lies at the south-eastern corner of the lake, close to the outflow.shore, where the Kepler and Murchison Mountains rise 1,400 m above the surface of the lake.

Lake Te Anau was important for the Ngai Tahu iw in pre-European times as the area was a traditional stopping point on their trails between the east and west coasts of the South Island of New Zealand, where they obtained food and resources. The lake was first discovered by European explorers Charles Naim and William Stephen in 1852.

91 TIM WILSON

Te Anau NZ

Oil on Belgian linen 60 x 120

Signed & dated 6/2007

12,000 - 16,000

All proceeds from the sale of this lot go to Otago Community Hospice

92 TIM WILSON

Te Anau Impression II

Oil on Belgian linen 60 x 120

Signed & dated 2003

12,000 - 16,000

Provenance:

Private Collection, South Island

Purchased from Fishers Fine Arts

Label affxedverso

Signed

3,000 - 5,000

93 JUSTIN SUMMERTON Castle Hill Oil on canvas 76 x 91

94 TONY LANE

Untitled

Oil on six panels 53 x 168

800 - 1,200

95 ANDREA DU CHATENIER

Body 2005 from Autopsy series:

Felt sculpture 120 x 40

Dated 2008 -2011

800 - 1,200

Provenance:

Private Collection, Auckland

Exhibited:

Autopsy, Hastings City Art Gallery

2 December - 6 February 2012

The Blind Date lithograph, edition 16/20, 41 x 42

Signed, inscribed & dated 1987

500 - 800

97

JENNY DOLEZEL

Dancing with a Stranger

Lithograph, edition 20, artist’s proof IV, 56 x 65

Signed, inscribed & dated 1987

800 - 1,200 98

Screenprint, edition 25/100, 36 x 60

Signed, inscribed & dated 2010

800 - 1,200

Bamboo engraving, 39/60, 40.5 x 53

Signed, inscribed & dated 1974

800 - 1,200

JENNY DOLEZEL
STANLEY PALMER Harataonga
STANLEY PALMER Inlet
100 FATU FEU’U

101 PAUL HARTIGAN

Olympia

C Type print, 1/1, 44 x 56

Signed, inscribed Live Model & Slave, Claybrook Gallery & dated 1992

1,200 - 1,600

Olympia was a staged gallery tableau at Anna Bibby’s Claybrook Gallery in 1992, conceptually mimicking the famous Manet painting. Using real life models the naked Olympia and her black slave were successfully recreated, and from this setting I created my unique image complete with Rococo frame. She’s remained an obsession since. Paul Hartigan

102 PAUL HARTIGAN

Speller 2003, Pigment print,edition of 19/20, 41 x 118

Signed, inscribed & dated 2003

1,500 - 2,500

103 PAUL HARTIGAN

Tattoo Classiques

Acrylic on paper 31 x 48

Signed, inscribed & dated 1980

1,000 - 2,000

104 MATT MCLEAN

Untitled

Terracotta sculpture 66 x 37

Approximately 15 kg

Indoor, outdoor usage

1,500 - 2,500

105 DALLAS SECOMBE YOUNG

Fish Face

Wooden relief sculpture 80 x 80

Signed & inscribed

800 - 1,200

106 KEN KENDALL

Mother and Child

Unique terracotta sculpture 35 x 20

Signed, inscribed & dated 1991

800 - 1,200

Georgics - Sunrise / Sunset

Macrocarpa and Kauri, 60 x 44

Signed & dated 2009 on base

2,000 - 3,000

Link Series ( Double Sided)

Bronze sculpture, edition of 10, 20 x 20

Signed & inscribed verso

1,400 - 1,800

107 WARREN VISCOE
108 VIRGINIA KING

109 GRANT CORBISHLEY

N.1018-S.I.D.01

Farmhouse Memories Wairarapa

Oil on canvas 150 x 121

Signed, inscribed & dated 2002

1,000 - 2,000

110 GRANT CORBISHLEY

N/1022-S.I.D.02

Farmhouse Memories with Fireplace

Oil on canvas 150 x 121

Signed, inscribed & dated 2002

1,000 - 2,000

111 AUBREY DE LISLE

Reflections in No 1 Queen Street

Watercolour 34 x 24.5

Signed & dated 1989

800 - 1,200

109 110

Kara

Oil on canvas 85 x 75

Signed & dated 2005 - 2010 verso

1,500 - 2,500

113

Study ‘Summer Boat’

Pencil on paper 23.5 x 23.5

Signed, inscribed & dated 1991

500 - 1,000

112 MARK OLSEN
STEVE HARRIS
112 113

Islands

Boxed set of eight lithographs, Edition 3/60, Each 28 x 40

Signed, inscribed & dated 1976

1,000 - 2,000

Whangaroa Township, 1961

Watercolour 44 x 50

Signed

800 - 1,200

115 ARTHUR THOMPSON
114 STANLEY PALMER

Inside the Square

Ultrachrome, edition of 37/75, 65 x 65

Signed, inscribed & dated 2005

800 - 1,200

117

Broom of Doom, Don’t Cry Death

Defy series,2008

Photographic print 92 x 77

Dated 2008 -2011

800 - 1,200

Hopa

Screenprint, edition 24/25 52.5 x 75

Signed, inscribed & dated 1998

1,000 - 1,500

116 PAUL HARTIGAN
JAMES K LOWE
118 SHANE COTTON
117
116

119

ERIC LEE JOHNSON

Lion Rock, Piha

Watercolour 48 x 57

Signed 1,000 - 2,000

120 GARTH TAPPER

Prof’s Wife, 1965

Oil on board 28 x 23

Signed 1,500 - 2,500

121

GENNIE DE LANGE

Farewell Virgin Moon and Stars, from Environmental series 1975 - 1976

Glazed ceramic on 12 tiles 47 x 61.5

Signed

1,000 - 1,500

122

GENNIE DE LANGE

High Summer

Glazed ceramic tile 20 x 20

Signed & dated 1992

200 - 400

123

GENNIE DE LANGE

Plums though a Window

Glazed ceramic on six tiles 30 x 46

Signed & dated 1977

700 - 1,000

124 GENNIE DE LANGE

Rites of Spring

Glazed ceramic on four tiles 31 x 31

Signed & dated 1977

500 - 1,000

125

GENNIE DE LANGE

Summer

Glazed ceramic on nine tiles 46 x 46

Signed

800 - 1,200

126

MICHAEL SMITHER

Taranaki 2

Screenprint, edition of 50, 19 x 56

Signed, inscribed & dated 1974

500 - 1,000

127 PRO HART

Oil Can Harry

Edition 83/250, 70 x 46

Signed

500 - 1,000

128

MICHAEL SMITHER

Dolphins and Lovers IV

Screenprint, edition 10/44, 61 x 90

Signed & dated 2006

700 - 1,000

129 GRAHAME SYDNEY

Robin White

Etching, edition 17/25, 25 x 24

Signed & dated November 1983

2,000 - 3,000

Provenance:

Ex Collection Les & Milly Paris, Wellington - label affxedverso

130 HENRYK SZYDLOWSKI

The Frogs Concert Oil on canvas 30 x 41

Signed & dated 1989

1,000 - 2,000

131 HENRYK SZYDLOWSKI

Orchestral Still Life

Oil on canvas 99.5 x 70

Signed & dated 1984

2,500 - 3,500

132 GARTH TAPPER

Anne Oil on board 24 x 27

Signed & dated 1984

2,500 - 3,500

133 SYLVIA SIDDELL

Mirror

Coloured pencil on paper 50 x 38

Signed, inscribed & dated 1983

400 - 600

134 KEN BEATSON

Figs and Twigs Oil on canvas 27.5 x 35

Signed

600 - 1,000

135 ROSEMARY PRITCHARD

The Last Shelter, Kiritehere Beach , West Coast Oil on canvas 70 x 100

Signed & dated 2016

800 - 1,200

136 ERIC LEE JOHNSON

Ink on paper 35 x 53

Signed & dated 1971

800 - 1,200

137 PETER SIDDELL

Renown Avenue

Screenprint, edition of 6/20, 37 x 35

Signed, inscribed & dated 2009

1,200 - 1,400

138 MARK WOOLLER

Karaka Crown Oil on canvas 92 x 115

Signed & dated 2001

2,000 - 3,000

137
138

139 HENRYK

Canterbury Landscapes - A Pair

Acrylic on board 40 x 33

Signed & dated 1996

800 - 1,200

Marina No. 1

Acrylic on board 40 x 58

Signed

500 - 1,000

STRUYK
140 ARTHUR DAGLEY

141 SYLVIA SIDDELL

An Angel at my Table

Graphite on paper 70 x 53

Signed & dated 1988

750 - 1,250

Provenance:

Private Collection, Auckland

Purchased directly from the artist, 1988

142 SYLVIA SIDDELL

Morning After Rain

Acrylic on canvas 76 x 50

Signed

500 - 1,000

143 SYLVIA SIDDELL

The Insect

Graphite on paper 37 x 28

Signed & dated 18/3/1980

400 - 600

Provenance:

Private Collection, Auckland

Purchased directly from the artist, 1980

144 FATU FEU’U

Viiga Poula

Lithograph, edition 6/40, 60 x 120

Signed & dated 2001

1,000 - 1,500

145 STANLEY PALMER

Creek, Punga and flood Karamatura

Bamboo engraving, 41/60 60 x 45

Signed, inscribed & dated 1971

800 - 1,200

146 TED DUTCH

Two Figures

Screenprint, edition 10/25, 49 x 66

Signed & dated 1970

800 - 1,200

147 STANLEY PALMER

Harataonga - Pohutukawa

Etching, edition 50/100, 41 x 65

Signed, inscribed & dated 1991

1,000 - 1,500

148 STANLEY PALMER

Trees Waiheke

Bamboo engraving, 20/60 41 x 58

Signed, inscribed & dated 1991

1,000 - 1,500

149 TED DUTCH

War Game

Screenprint, edition 8/28, 38 x 53

Signed & dated 1967

300 - 600

150 STANLEY PALMER

Old Pohutakawa, Mahurangi

Bamboo engraving, 41/80, 63 x 49

Signed, inscribed & dated 1972

800 - 1,200

152

Untitled Diptych Acrylic on paper 39 x 92

800 - 1,200

White Vision Oil on canvas 164 x 134

Signed, inscribed & dated August 2004

verso

2,500 - 3,500

151 GAVIN CHILCOTT
IAN SCOTT

153 EMILY KARAKA

Nuclear Free - Akitai

Mixed media on canvas 76 x 76

Signed & dated 3/16 verso

1,500 - 2,000

Reflecting radioactive nuclear material as it radiates off humans encased in chainmail -like suits, where the rays can’t penetrate, even though babies glow orange in the daylight. Emily Karaka

154 EMILY KARAKA

Nuclear Free - Akitai

Mixed media on canvas 76 x 76

Signed & dated 3/16 verso

1,500 - 2,000

In the golden glow and at the crossroads of their treaty claims settlement Ngai Tai of Tamaki gather their young, and regroup to return to traditional territories and knowledge. Emily Karaka

153
154

155 K BLAKE

Carnival Clowns

Four mounted pottery heads, edition 4/12, 38 x 74

Signed

200 - 400

156 STANLEY PALMER

Hillside

Bamboo engraving, edition 2/60, 50 x 40

Signed, inscribed & dated 1979

300 - 500

157 PHILIPPA BLAIR

200 - 400 155

Rattlesnake

Lithograph, edition 6/24, 51 x 75

Signed, inscribed & dated 1992

158 LIAM DAVIDSON

Landscape VII

Oil and resin on panel 40 x 68

Signed & dated 1999

400 - 700

159

TOM BURNETT

Tern

Screenprint, edition of 30, 73.5 x 47

Signed, inscribed & dated 1985

300 - 500

160 ALLEN MADDOX

Untitled

Oil on card 20 x 20

800 - 1,400

161 RON STENBERG

Nude

Charcoal on paper 46 x 20

Signed

400 - 600

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Index

ALBRECHT G ............................ 29, 47

BEATSON K 134

BENSMANN L ................................. 68

BINNEY D 18, 49

BLAIR P ................................... 86, 157

BLAKE K 155

BRAITHWAITE J ............................... 48

BROWN N ...........................16, 17, 53

BURNETT T ..................................... 159

CAMP STONE E B........................... 14

CASELBERG A................................ 84

CHILCOTT G ................................. 151

CORBISHLEY G .................... 109, 110

COTTON S .................................... 118

CROSS M ............... 63, 64, 65, 66, 67

DAGLEY A .................................... 140

DAVIDSON L ................................ 158

DE LANGE G............... 2, 3, 121, 122, ...................................... 123, 124, 125

DE LAUTOUR T...........................6, 7, 8

DE LISLE A .................................... 111

DEANS A A .................................... 74

DOLEZEL J ................................ 96, 97

DU CHATENIER A ........................... 95

DUNSHEATH A ......................... 61, 62

DUTCH T ............................... 146, 149

ELLIS R ............................................ 52

FEU’U FATU ....................... 4, 100, 144

FRIZZELL D 89

GIMBLETT M ................................... 37

GOOD R 39, 58

HANLY P ................................... 19, 33

HARRIS S................................. 46, 113

HART P.......................................... 127

HARTIGAN P ........ 101, 102, 103, 116

HOTERE R ....................................... 24

HOWARD D ................................... 15

KAHUKIWA R .................................. 87

KARAKA E ............................ 153, 154

KENDALL K 106

KING V ......................................... 108

KINGSTONE I 25, 26

LANE T ............................................ 94

LANE T H R 31

LEE J E ............................ 79, 119, 136

LEWIS R 57

LOWE J S K ................................... 117

MADDEN P 27

MADDOX A ................................. 160

MCARTHUR P 42, 85

MCINTYRE P ................................... 77

MCLEAN M 104

MOORE C .......................... 54, 55, 56

NIGRO J 30

OLSEN M ...................................... 112

PALMER S ................ 98, 99, 114, 148, ..............................145, 147, 150, 156, PARKER J S ......................... 42, 44, 45

PEARSON A ................................... 50

PERRY M ......................................... 88

PICASSO P ..................................... 35

PRITCHARD R ............................... 135

PULE J ............................................... 5

ROBINSON J .................................. 40

SAMPERO D 11, 12, 13

SCOTT I ................................... 38, 152

SECOMBE Y D 105

SIDDELL S ...............141, 133, 142,143

SIDDELL P ............. 20, 23, 59, 60, 137

SMITHER M ........................... 126, 128

SPENCER B O ................................. 76

STENBERG R ................................. 161

STRAKA H ......................................... 1

STRUYK H ...................................... 139

SUMMERTON J ................... 82, 90, 93

SYDNEY G .................................... 129

SZYDLOWSKI H ..................... 130, 131

TAPPER G .................... 69, 70, 71, 72, ........................................ 73, 120, 132

THOMPSON A .............................. 115

TUFFERY ML .................................... 34

TURNER R ....................................... 10

VINCENT B ....................................... 9

VISCOE W .................................... 107 WALSH J ......................................... 32

WATKINS D ..................................... 51 WEEKS J.......................................... 78

WESTRA A 28

WHEELER C V ................................ 75

WHITE A L 80, 81

WILLIAMS M ............................. 36, 41

WILSON T 91, 92

WOOD A.................................. 21, 22

WOOLLASTON T 83

WOOLLER M ................................ 138

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