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Fine New Zealand Paintings, November 1986

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Fine New Zealand Paintings

November 1986

Conditions of Sale

1. The highest bidder to be the purchaser, subject to the Auctioneers having a right to refuse the bidding of any person. Should any dispute arise as to the biddings, the lot in dispute to be immediately put up for sale again at the preceding bidding, or the Auctioneers may declare the purchaser.

2. No person shall advance less at a bid than a sum to be nominated by the Auctioneer and no bid shall be retracted

3. All lots are sold subject to the right of the seller or his agent to bid or else to impose a reserve.

4. The purchaser to give his name, address and to pay down 10 per cent of the purchase money in part payment the reof. In default of any of which matters the lot or lots purchased may be immediately put up again and resold.

5. All lots are sold as shown and with all faults, imperfections, and errors to description. The Auctioneers act as agents; they have full discretion to refuse any bidding or to withdraw any lot or lots from the sale without in either case giving any reason; neither they nor the Vendor are responsible for errors of description or for genuineness or authenticity of any lot or fault or defect in it, and make no warranty whatever.

6 The lot"are at the buyer 's risk from the fall of the hammer and are to be taken away at the buyer's expense, in default of which the Auctioneers will not hold themselves responsible; if the same are lost, stolen, damaged , or otherwise destroyed, b ut they wi ll be left at the so le risk of the purchaser. If the lots are not cleared or paid for, they may then be sold immediately either publicly or by private reaty, without any notice being given to the defaulter

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Cove r Ill ust ratio n : Raymond McIntyre Lot 21

Sale No. 90

catalogue of

FINE NEW ZEALAND HISTORICAL

TOPOGRAPHICAL & CONTEMPORARY ART

to be sold on behalf of numerous vendors on

THURSDAY 27TH NOVEMBER 1986

AT6PM

Viewing: The Sale may be viewed in our gallery saleroom at the following times: Sunday 23rd November llam-4pm Monday 24th to Wednesday 26th 9am-5.30pm Viewing by arrangement only day of sale

THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED INSIDE THE FRONT COVER

Catalogue photograph y: Arne Loot

Peter Webb Galleries Limited

Art Auctioneers and Appraisers

The Catalogue

1 Charles Blomfield

Aratiatia Rapids , Waikato

River oil on canvas , signed and dated 1912 illustrated above

Provenance: This, and the following fourteen paintings by Charles Blomfield are all from the collection of Mrs Ida Crudge of Auckland whose late husband was a close friend of the Blomfield family 12 ,000-15,000

Lot 1

50

illustrated above 10,000-15 ,000

Lot 2
2 Charles Blomfield West Coast mountain landscape oil on canvas
X 70

5

Lot 7
3 Charles Blomfield North Island river scene oil on board
X 49
4 Charles Blomfield North Island river landscape oil on canvas
X 50
Charles Blomfield Lake Rotoiti oil on board 18 X 31
6 Charles Blomfield Lights and shades Wakatipu oil on board , signed on reverse

7 Charles Blomfield Swanson Kauri Park oil on board signed 28 X 23 illustrated 1200-2000

8 Charles Blomfield A View of Rangitoto and the North Shore oil on board 19 X 36 800-1200

Lot 21

23

9 Charles Blomfield

10

12

Charles Blomfield In the Sounds Coastal scene oil on board watercolour, signed CB and 24 X 40 dated 1907 700-1000 19 X 29 600-900

Charles Blomfield

Wellington Harbour with

11

13

Charles Blomfield steamer and jetty Mitre Peak , Milford Sound oil on paper, signed and oil on board dated 1893 27 X 45 23 X 36 1400-1800 1200-1600

14

Charles Blomfield

Charles Blomfield Mt Egmont

Coastal scene with figures on oil on board a beach 17 X 29 oil on paper 700-1000 23 X 40 1000-1500

15

Lot 15

Charles Frederick Goldie

Portrait of Te Aitu Te lrikau , An Arawa Chieftainess oil on panel signed 19 X 14

Te Aitu te lrikau was an Arawa woman of high rank living at Maketu at the time of the Battle of Te Tumu Pa on 9 May, 1836. She was about five years old at the time

Goldie painted her a number of times from 1911 She travelled to Auckland to pose for him , and died in August 1914 at Ohinemutu . extract from C.F Goldie, Prints , Drawings and Criticism Taylor & Glen 1979

Four interesting related documents accompany the painting : A receipt from Goldie to James Stephens , 8

the purchaser of the portrait , for ten guineas , dated Nov 17, 1910 ; A letter to Goldie from Cpt. Mcdonald concerning the subject of the portrait , dated Rotorua Dec 13, 1910 ; A letter from James Stephens detailing a meeting with Aitu te lrikau and with attached faded photograph of the subject ; This fourth item is not related to this painting

but indicates the fee Aitu te lrikau would have been paid for her sittings The item being a receipt for eight shillings and sixpence paid to Te Aho te Rangi for a s itting dated Aug 14 , 1905 illustrated above 25,000-35 ,000

16

16 Charles Frederick Goldie ' Drowsy ' A portrait of Wiripine Ninia , a Ch i eftainess of the Ngatiawa Tribe oil on panel , signed and dated 1911 19 X 14

Wiripine Ninia was painted a number of times by Goldie Refer: C.F Goldie Vol II Prints , Drawings & Criticism , Taylor & Glen 1977. p 134 Illustrated : Idem ; Vol l.p 219 illustrated above 25 ,000-35 ,000

Lot

Lot 17

Portrait

Wearing a Fla x Cloak

watercolour, signed and dated 1925

52 X 37

illustrated above 6000 -8000

17 Thomas Ryan
of a Maori Chief

18 Frances Mary Hodgkins

A market stall at Avignon watercolour, signed F.H. and dated 1906 49 X 60

This fine large watercolour is probably one of those the artist took back to London to show at Paterson's Gallery in Bond Street in March 1907. She is quoted as describing the paintings in this exhibition as " big important ones by which I stand or fall" Refer: Portrait of Frances Hodgkins

E.H. McCormick p.62 illustrated above 70 ,000-90,000

Lot 19

In Hyde Park gouache on buff paper, signed F H and dated 1901

27.5 X 19

Provenance : Collection Mrs M Horton , Auckland illustrated above 20 ,000-30 ,000

19 Frances Mary Hodgkins

20 Frances Mary Hodgkins

Figures at a canal side, south of France watercolour, signed F H and dated 190?

31 X 23 illustrated above 10,000-16,000

Lot20

20a Frances Mary Hodgkins

A group of children watercolour, signed 24x 27

25,000-30,000

21 Raymond McIntyre

Portrait of Lizette oil on panel , signed 29 X 20

Provenance : collection of Lady Bullard of California , formerly of Suffolk , England illustrated front cover and p . 6

20,000-30,000

loll

23

James Mclachlan Nairn Landscape near Wellington oil on board

34 X 49

illustrated 5000-8000

24 James Mclachlan Nairn Wellington river landscape with figure watercolour, signed and dated 1898

25 X 36 1500-2000

25 James Mclachlan Nairn River landscape watercolour, signed and dated 1904

26 X 36 1500-2000

26 Dorothy Kate Richmond Young woman with Wisteria watercolour, signed D.K R and dated 1909

33 X 36

illustrated 2000-3000

22 James Mclachlan Nairn Landscape near Wellington at sunrise oil on board , signed and dated 1892

48 X 60

Provenance : This fine o i l landscape by one of the most influential figures in New Zealand art history is from the collection of Mr G C W i lson of The Bay of Plenty whose parents were friends of a number of art ists including James Nairn and Dorothy Richmond The following three Nairns and two Richmonds in this catalogue are also from his collection illustrated p 6 12 ,000-20 ,000

27 Dorothy Kate Richmond Sunset , Rysoord gouache, signed D.K.R and dated 1903

22 X 30 700-1200

28 Thomas Louden Drummond On the Waikato River oil on canvas , signed and dated 1889

60 X 120 illustrated 8000-12 ,000

Lot42

29 John Barr Clarke Hoyte

The Remarkables watercolour, signed and dated 1874

4 0 X 68

illustrated p 20 15,000-25 ,000

30 John Douglas Perrett Lake and mountain scene

pastel, signed

25 X 60

800-1200

31 Alfred Wilson Walsh

A spring morning ; The Avon River, Chr istchurch watercolour, signed and dated 1908

35 X 25 illustrated p 17 3000-5000

32 Nugent Herman Welch Coastal scene , Wellington Lot 31 watercolour, signed 23 X 29 1000-2000

33 John Douglas Perrett Lake and mountain scene pastel , signed 25 X 60 800-1200

34 Maud Sherwood Landscape , Canterbury wate rco lour, signed 45 X 54 illustrated p. 17 4000-8000

35 Tom Peerless Mounta in landscape New

Zealand watercolour, signed 35 X 60 1500-2500

36 Frank Brookesmith

South Island mountain and Lot 34

lake scene

watercolour, signed 27x 37 600-800

37 William Mathew Hodgkins River landscape, Otago watercolour, signed and dated 1894 27 X 37

illustrated p. 16 3000-4000

38 Henry William Kirkwood Landscape with snow-capped peaks oil on board, signed HWK 23 X 15 1500-2500

39 John Elder Moultray Gordon's Knob from the Boulder Bank, Nelson oil on board , signed J.E M. title inscribed on reverse 29 X 46 2500-3500

40 Henry William Kirkwood Landscape with figure and cattle near Nelson oil on board , signed HWK 23 X 15 1500-2500

41 Walter Wright North Island landscape with cattle signed 20 X 29 1500-2500

42 David Con Hutton Barry's Bay, Christchurch oil on board , signed 29 X 48 illustrated p. 16 1500-3000

43 James Duncan Holyford Valley watercolour, signed 37 X 55 500-800

44 Walter Wright Maori village at river's edge with figures and canoes watercolour, signed 25 X 34 illustrated p. 18 2500-3500

45 Nugent Welch Estuary near Wellington watercolour, signed 25 X 35 1000-2000

46 E.J. Merritt

50 Charles Decimus Barraud

Lower river and ferry, Coastal scene near Napier Wanganui watercolour, signed and watercolour, signed and dated 1869

dated 1879 36 X 51

25 X 36 illustrated p. illustrated p. 18 9000-12 ,000 3000-4000

51 John Douglas Perrett

47 John Kinder South Island lake and Paratere New Zealand mountain scene

Jrch watercolour, signed , titled oil on canvas , signed inscribed and dated Jan 1863 30 X 46 in brushpoint 900-1200 16 X 42 illustrated p. 19 8000-10 ,000

52 Mabel Hill Landscape with houses

48 watercolour, signed and William George Baker dated 1931 Near Trentham 28 X 38 watercolour, signed illustrated p 22 40 X 25 2000-3000 800-1200

53 John Gully

49 John Gully Mountain landscape , Central South Island lake scene Otago

watercolour, signed and watercolour, signed and dated 1887 dated 1878 27 X 47 35 X 59 7000-9000 illustrated p 21 12 ,000-15 ,000

54

James Peele

South Island mountain

57 Thomas Martyn (attbtd.)

An album of forty pages landscape containing seventy eight o i l on canvas, signed and watercolour studies of shells. dated 1889 Thomas Martyn was the 45 X 75 publisher of the Universal illustrated p 25 Conchologist 1784-1789 9000-12 ,000 1000-1500

55 Tom Peerless

Landscape

58 Conrad Martens

A mountain landscape , South oil on board, signed America 14 X 31

watercolour, signed and 600-1000 dated 1835

40 X 54

illustrated p. 24

56 James Peele 8000-12 ,000 oOt

A lake and mountain scene with fisherman oil on canvas, signed and

59 Charles Decimus Barraud dated 1887 Cattle by the Rumahanga 38 X 90 River, Wairarapa

illustrated p 23

watercolour, signed and 7000-10 ,000 dated 1863

32 X 45

illustrated p. 23

15,000-20,000

60 Laurence William Wilson

60c Charles Blomfield

Mt Cook from the Hooker The White Terraces , Range Rotomahana

oil on canvas on board , titled , oil on canvas , signed and

signed and dated 1888 dated 1895

60 X 84 45 X 75

i llustrated p 27 illustrated p. 25

25,000-35,000 12 ,000-16 ,000

60a William George Baker

Lade Ada , Milford Sound

61 John Douglas Perrett

oil on canvas , signed The White Terraces

60 X 90 pastel , signed

i llustrated p. 28 38 X 60 6000-9000 1200-1500

60b William George Baker

62 Sydney Lough Thompson In George Sound Fishing port oil on canvas , s igned oi l study on panel , s igned

60 X 90 S.L T.

i llustrated p 24 11 5 X 15

6000-9000 1500-2000

63

John Douglas Perrett

65 Charles Decimus Barraud Dusky Sound Mount Pembroke and Milford pastel , signed Sound 39 X 60 watercolour, signed C D.B 1500-2500 and titled inscribed and dated 1880 36 X 53

64 Charles Blomfield illustrated p 28 The White Terrace , 6000-8000 Buttresses Rotomahana oil on canvas, signed and

66 dated 1890 J.D. Perrett 50 X 76 Sunset

Provenance : Collection of Mr pastel Maurice Lennard Some of 22 dia. (circular) the White Terrace buttress 350-450 pools were up to eight feet deep but because of their rough surfaces they were not

67 Albert Hansen popular with bathers illustrated p. 28 Lake scene 10,000-15 ,000 watercolour, signed in brush po int 19 X 34 250-350

Lot 56
Lot 59
68 R. Herdman-Smith Village scene watercolour 26 X 36 200 X 300
69 Albert Hansen Coastal scene watercolour 23 X 28 300-400

Lot 60b

70 John Douglas Perrett Ships pastel , signed 22 dia (circular) 300-400

71 John Douglas Perrett Lake scene pastel 34x 45 300-400

72 Tom Peerless

A view of Mt Cook watercolour, signed 48 X 33 1200-1800

73 Charles Blomfield

Sunset at Milford Sound pastel title inscribed in pencil on back board in the artist's hand, signed and priced one pound ten shillings 28 X 58 1000-1500

74 Charles Blomfield

A view of Mt Cook oil on board, signed and dated 1892 22 X 37 1500-2000

75 John Gully

A sailing boat in Milford Sound watercolour, signed and dated 1874 36 X 64 illustrated p. 26 25 ,000-35,000

76 John Gully Lake Ohau looking up from Dobson Valley watercolour, signed 32 x49 illustrated p 26 25,000-35,000

77 John Douglas Perrett Sunset on Mt Cook oil on canvas , signed 60 x 96 illustrated p. 15 12 ,000-20,000

id

78 19th Century British School

The Storm oil on canvas 40 X 30 illustrated p 29 800-1200

78b Miles Cotman (Attbtd) Dutch Fishing Boats oil on canvas 31 X 40 illustrated p 29 1500-2500

79 George French Angas

Oil Portraits of the New Zealand 's Maori

BilOlle 1 volume imperial folio with 49 colour plates number 326 from the edition Lot 54 of 750 A.H & A.W Reed , 1972 500-700

80 George O'Brien

The Dart Valley watercolour, signed and dated 1888

30 X 42 illustrated p. 32 8000-12,000

81 William Dixon

Admiral Rodney's action against the Spanish fleet under Don Langara off Cape St Vincent. 16 January 1780 oil on canvas 69 X 90 illustrated 2000-4000

82 Charles Adolphus Muntz

84 19th Century New Zealand Steeple Rock , Tasman Bay School watercolour, signed and A view of Mount Cook dated 1883 oil on canvas 23 X 48 65 X 45 600-800 700-1000

83 Tom Peerless

85 John Gully

Mt Earnslaw across Lake Mount Cook viewed from the

Wakatipu south watercolour, signed watercolour, signed 55 X 42 45 X 61 2000-3000 20 ,000-25,000

JI~'
Lot 60c

86 19th Century New Zealand

89 John Douglas Perrett School Lake Wanaka and The South Island lake scene Southern Alps oil on canvas oil on canvas , signed 60 X 90 54 X 70

600-800 4000-5000

87 J. Bradwen

90 Samuel H. Moreton

Aorangi New Zealand Lake Wakatipu watercolour, signed watercolour, signed and 53 X 74 dated 1910 22 X 31

88 Charles Decimus Barraud

The artist on horseback with snow on the Tararua ranges

91 in the background

300-400

19th Century New Zealand

watercolour, signed and School dated 1869

Earl Mts and Hollyford River 31 X 47 oil on board , signed A.T.? illustrated p. 33 X 28

8000-10 ,000

300-400

92 Albert Edward Aldis ,ooiert Lake Takapuna

oil on board , signed A.D. and

dated 1887

25 x45

illustrated

1500-2500

93 19th Century New Zealand

School

Lake Wakatipu

oil on board , signed T.R

30 X 46

400-500

94 Henry William Kirkwood

65 A quiet backwater, Milford ii Sound oil on board , signed H.W K :ll 19 X 26 1500-2500

95 J.C. Richmond (attbtd )

Nelson landscape study

watercolour 22 x 31

200-300

96 Tom Peerless West coast landscape , South Island watercolour, signed and dated 1890 31 X 44 1500-2000

97 Rix Carlton Off the coast watercolour, signed 22 X 35 200-300

98 Charles Decimus Barraud Corcovado , Rio de Janeiro watercolour, signed and dated 1878 41 X 56 5000-7000

99 James Mclachlan Nairn The entrance to Wellington harbour watercolour, signed and dated 1902 26 X 37 5000-7000

Lot
Lot 60a
Lot64

100

Herbert Babbage

St Ives oil on board , signed and dated 1905 24x 32

500-800

James Fitzgerald

A turneresque watercolour watercolour, signed and dated 1939 43 X 52

300-400

C.D. Hay-Campbell

Open fields near Wanganui watercolour, signed 23 X 33

300-400

John Barr Clarke Hoyte

A waterfall in Fiordland watercolour, signed 50 X 40 illustrated p

12 ,000-18 ,000

104

W.S. Wauchop

107 Robert Herdman-Smith

A Coromandel harbour view Fishing boats , St Ives watercolour, signed watercolour, signed 28 X 39 29 X 46 300-400 1500-2500

105 Lawrence William Wilson

On the estuary, lnvercargill

108 William Henry Raworth

A romantic view of Mt Cook watercolour, signed and watercolour, s igned and dated 1902 dated 1875 16 X 17 32 X 59 2500-3500 1500-2000

109 Nugent Welch

106 Charles Henry Howorth

The Devil's Gate , Wellington watercolour, signed Mt Sefton from the hermitage 900-1200 watercolour, signed 35 X 27 illustrated p 5000-8000

110 Sydney Lough Thompson

Lake Alexandra , South Island oil on board , signed 37 X 45 illustrated p. 32 8000-15,000

111 A. Elizabeth Kelly

The foothills , Canterbury oil on board , signed 35 X 45 1500-2000

112 John Weeks A fishing port , south of France oil on canvas on board, signed and dated 1926 48 X 64 illustrated p. 31 20,000-30,000

113 John Weeks

Still Life with Blue Vase and Red Flowers watercolour signed 39 X 49 illustrated p 30 9000-14,000

114 John Weeks Northcote Wharf, Auckland oil on canvas, signed and dated 1922 35 X 41

illustrated p. 37 8000-12,000

115 John Weeks Algiers pastel, signed 24 X 24 illustrated p 37 2000-3000

116 John Weeks A fort in Algeria sepia wash , signed 26 X 36 1500-2000

Lot 80

Lot 117

117 John Tole Still Life , Rose and Blue Vase tempera on board signed and dated 1945 42 X 37 illustrated 6000-10,000

117a Cecil Kelly In the gorge , Manawatu oil on canvas , signed 75 X 100 illustrated 8000-10,000

117b Ida Eise St i ll Life w ith Purple F lowe rs o i l on board , signed 50 X 40 illustrated 1000-1500

118 Kathleen Airini Vane Landscape from a terrace gouache , signed 24 X 34 illustrated 700-1000

Lot 117a

119 Peggy Spicer

The main street, Cambridge pen and watercolour c 1950 signed 36 X 44 illustrated 800-1200

120 Helen Brown Schoolhouse Bay watercolour, signed 21 X 29 600-1000

120aGarth Tapper

3 PM oil on board , signed 42 X 53 illustrated

121 Lincoln Lee Raglan watercolour, signed 28 X 38 300-500

122 John Weeks and J. Livingstone Study of houses oil on board 27x43

The vendor, Miss J. Livingstone was a pupil of John Weeks, This oil study was extensively over-painted by Weeks in the course of instructing his pupil 400-600

123 Garth Tapper

Landscape through trees oil on board, signed and dated 1970 42 X 54 2000-2500

Lot 117b

127 ~obert Nettleton Field

Study of trees

oil on paper, signed and dated 1964

36 X 48 5000-8000

128 j.lohn Douglas Perrett

South Island lake scene

oil on canvas, signed

35 X 61

1000-1500

129 T.A. McCormack Beach landscape

watercolour, signed in brushpoint

~5 X 39

600-800

130 John Weeks Still life with white magnolias zinnias and apples oil on board, authenticated by label on reverse 48 X 38 illustrated p. 38 12 ,000-16,000

131 Olivia Spencer-Bower

Canterbury landscape

watercolour, signed

57 X 88

2500-3500

132 Sir Mountford Tosswill Woollaston

124 Doris Lusk Mountain study, Nelson

Recumbent nude ink drawing , signed

crayon and watercolour, 26 X 34

signed and dated 1980 250-350

33 X 59

800-1000

133 A Elizabeth Kelly Lyttelton Harbour pil on board , signed

125 Doris Lusk 35 X 45

Seated nude 1500-2000

watercolour, signed and

dated 1979

126 Cyril Whiteoak 4000-6000 Bethels beach watercolour, signed 34 X 53 350-500

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134 1 44 X 34 Marcus King 350 400-600 Lake Taupo oil on board, signed 60 X 90 Illustrated p 41

135 Marcus King Plimmerton from Titahi oil on board , signed 30 X 38 1500-2000

136 Cedric Savage Coastal scene near Wellington oil on board, signed and dated 1935 35 X 45 illustrated p 41 1000-1500

136aAuguste Rodin (after) Bronze Head (green patination) signed A Rodin height 35 cm 800-1200

137 Peter McIntyre River landscape gouache , signed 53 X 73 illustrated 6500-10 ,000

Ill 138 Peter McIntyre

Je King Country farm landscape watercolour, signed 52 X 70 illustrated p 39 5500-7000

139 Colin McCahon , Waterfall oil on board 70 X 70 illustrated 6000-9000

140 Colin McCahon Jesus falls a second time oil on board 30 X 30 illustrated p 44 3500-5000

138

141 Colin McCahon

144 Philip Clairmont

Small landscape with hillside ' I' ve got silence on my radio. oil on board , signed and Let the airwaves flow' from: dated Jan-Oct 1966 in (Moonlight Drive - The brush point Rolling Stones) 30 X 30 oil on shaped hessian illustrated canvas, signed , titled and 3500-5000 dated 1972 on reverse 44 X 41

Refer: Philip Clairmont, The

142 Milan Mrkusich Anachronism of Visionary Perception ; Ross Fraser, Art

Passive and active elements New Zealand Number One oil on canvas , titled, dated 1976, p.18. 1965 and signed on reverse illustrated 87 X 177 3000-5000 illustrated 10,000-15 ,000

145 Colin McCahon

143 Patrick Hanly

French Bay, Titirangi oil on hardboard, signed, Inside the garden titled and dated 1957 oil on board , signed and 38 X 60.5 dated ' 69 illustrated 119 X 119 25 ,000-35,000 illustrated 10,000-15 ,000

Lot 118

146 Colin McCahon

Untitled painting from the waterfall series oil on hardboard , signed C M and dated 1962

60 X 44 illustrated p 50 10,000-15 ,000

I147 Colin McCahon

The view from the top of the cliff , Muriwai watercolour, titled signed and dated March 1971 80 X 59 illustrated p. 51 10,000-15 ,000

148 Philip Clairmont

Interior with lamp mixed media on grey paper 57 X 66

Refer Art New Zealand Number 1 1976 p 18 illustrated p. 49 2500-3000

149 Sir Tosswill Woollaston Window in Greymouth oil on canvas on board , signed and dated 1959 79 X 60

Exhib ited : WoollastonMcCahon Retrospective 1963 illustrated p 55 6000 -9000

150 Jeffrey Harris On the beach oil on canvas , signed , t itled and dated 1975 on reverse 56 X 78 3500-5500

151 Don Binney

Untitled oil on canvas , signed , dated 1980 52 X 61 3000-4000

152 Jane Evans

Still life with purple pineapple acrylic on linen , signed and dated '81 93 X 77 i llustrated p 62 8500-12 ,000

153 Jane Evans Girl in blue overalls acrylic , signed and dated ' 81 67 X 56 illustrated p 62 3000-5000

Lot 120a

154 Tony Fomison

Head and charcoal on paper 59 X 51

500-800

155 Patrick Hanly

From North Head looking east to Brown Island etc watercolour, signed and ~I dated ' 67 in ink 18 X 26 900-1200

156 Geoff Thronley

Untitled mixed media , signed and dated '73 on revarse 75 X 71

illustrated p 63 3000-4000

157 Richard Killeen

Strontium 90 ink and watercolour on paper, signed and dated 23 11 78 36 X 24

500 -700

158 "Se Tony Fomison

Sharpville victim oil on hessian on board , signed and dated 1975

30 X 23

illustrated p 48 3000-5000

159 Louise Henderson

A woman oil on canvas , signed 50 X 43 illustrated p 48 2000-3000

160 Jane Evans

Mrs 23 (from Under Milkwood by Dylan Thomas) Lot 134 oil on hardboard , titled , signed and dated 1975

65 X 60

illustrated p 52

161 Jean Horsley

Untitled abstract 3000-7000 oil on board , signed

54 X 70 700-1000

162 Philip Trusttum

Untitled oil on canvas , signed P.S.T. and dated 1976 63x 25 150-250

163 Alan Maddox

Painting no 132 oil on calico , initialled, dated '76 220 X 480 2000-3000

Lot142

Lot 143

164 Ellinor Ginn

The Fountain acrylic , inscribed and signed on back

60 X 45

400-600

165 Rudolph Gopaz Glory Glory Be ! photoprint , signed in pen 27 X 38

100-200

166 Gretchen Albrecht Sundial screenprint, signed , titled, dated and editioned 15/125 103 X 73 500-800

167 Jaqueline Fahey Dog on bed oil on board , signed in brush point 82 X 54 850-1000

168 Peter Siddell

Young girl and villa

acrylic on board

79 X 58

1500-2500

169 Pauline Thompson

Shale Plain with pools al watercolour, signed , tit l ed

and dated 1979

52 X 79

illustrated: Art New Zealand No 17, page 13 500-750

170 Ida Eise

Howick from the hill above oil on board , signed l(j 34x 42 600-800

171 Nigel Brown

The suicide of Van Gogh de (February version) oil on board , signed and I: dated '78 53x 53 750-1000

172 Frances Hunt m Still life with sculpture 3' oil on board , signed with 1 brush point 53 X 42 200 -400

173 Sir Mountford Tosswill Woollaston

Some Westport children felt pen drawing , titled and signed

36 X 49

300-600

174 Jan Nigro

Peach , pear and apple gouache , inscribed and signed on backboard 24x 20 200-300

175 Evelyn Page Nude study pencil , signed 36 X 22 300-400

176 Gwyneth Richardson Landscape watercolour, signed 17 X 25

200-300

177 Sir Mountford Tosswill Woollaston Head of a youth

ink drawing , signed 49 X 37 1000-1500

178 Doris Lusk Quarry watercolour, signed and dated Oct. 1972 55 X 37 1500-2000

179 Alison Pickmere Landscape watercolour, signed and dated 1962 31 X 39 Lot 139 250-350

183 Helen Brown

180 Nelson Thompson Tarawere 7 Abbotts Hospital , Guildford oil on canvas, signed and watercolour, signed N.T. dated , '75 44 X 26 50 X 100 300-500 2000-3000

181 Sir Mountford Tosswill

184 Don Peebles Woollaston Relief drawing Christ (after Bellini) set in acrylic/charcoal on canvas Lyttelton Harbour and wood, signed and dated oil on board , signed and 1975 in pencil on reverse dated ' 58 95 X 16 58 X 45 400-600 illustrated p. 52 6000-9000

185 Dennis Knight Turner Melanesian abstract

182 Richard Killeen oil on board, signed and Drawing dated '59 oil on paper, signed and 31 X 38 dated 73 in pencil 1200-1600 46 X 37 1000-1500

186 Colin McCahon

190 Colin McCahon Unititled crayon drawing Number 3 29 X 23 ink on paper, signed , dated 700-1000 ' 59 74 X 53 illustrated

187 Flora Scales 2500-4000 1!41. House and plum trees l oil on canvas, signed and

191 I dated 1968 Sir Mountford Tosswill a 26 X 34 Woollaston J 800-1000 Landscape I watercolour, signed and dated '76 in brushpoint

188 Tony Fomison 27x 37 900-1200

Hand of Fate I oil on canvas, signed and dated 1979 89 X 109

192 Warren Wilson Exhibited : Anxious Images Untitled Exhibition Auckland City oil on board Gallery. 58 X 41 illustrated 400-500 6000-8000

193 Theo Schoon

189 Philip Clairmont Mask Still life with chair ink on paper, signed and mixed media , signed and dated '59 dated '82 in brushpoint 17 X 22 illustrated 200-300 2000-3000

194 Ian Scott

197 E. Mervyn Taylor Lattice drawing, No 51 Old house, Wakatete Bay gouache on paper, signed watercolour, signed and and dated ' 81 on reverse dated 1952 in ink 30 X 30 18 X 25 450-650 1000-1500

195 Dennis Knight Turner

198 Dennis Knight Turner Untitled Printing press oil on canvas board, signed watercolour and dated '60 70 X 46 46 X 35 illustrated 1400-2000 700-1000

196 Alan Thornton

199 Philip Trusttum Colleen - portrait of the Untitled artist's wife oil on calico, signed and oil on board, signed and dated '78 in brushpoint dated '67 31 X 40 37 X 31 300-500 250-350

200 Paul Hartigan Parfait platoon watercolour, titled , signed and dated 1979 in pencil 31 X 50 350-500

201 Alan Maddox Untitled painting oil and enamel on canvas , signed and dated 10.84 in pencil 40 X 30 400-600

202 Patrick Hanly Eye of heart enamel on board , s igned in brushpoint and dated ' 81 63 X 58 illustrated 3000-400o'

203 Ian Scott Small lattice No 19 acrylic on canvas , signed on reverse July '78 81 X 81

1500-2000

204 Philip Trusttum Untitled oil on calico , initialled and dated '75 33 X 30 300-500

204 a Claudia Pond Eyley Mt Eden and Banana Trees acrylic on canvas , signed and dated 1982 131 X 170 '°1! 700-900

205 Philip Trusttum House and garden oil on board , signed P S T 86 X 25 illustrated 1500-2500

206 Paul Beadle Angel (p~ndant) bronze , s1gned with monogram 10 X 5 5 250-350

Lot 158
Lot 159

207 Salvador Dali

The Secret Life of Salvador Dali

Autobiography Edition limited to 1000 copies together with les Metaphoses Frotiques

Drawings - Collages 1940-1968 125-175

208 Jan Nigro Mining series c 1964 acrylic on paper 46 X 56 500-600

Lot 148

screenprint , i nitialled , dated '79 editioned 1/10 72 X 55 400-600

acrylic on board , signed and dated '79 88 X 88 500-700

209 Gordon Crook Untitled
Lot146
210 Phillipa Blair Crossings

Bathers watercolour signed 37 X 52 150-250

Untitled oil on paper laid on board 26 X 36 150-250

211 Elsie Mourant
Lot 160
212 John Perry

213 George Baloghy

215 Sir Mountford Tosswill

St Benedict's Newton Woollaston oil on canvas , signed with Summer landscape initials and dated ' 85 watercolour, signed 44 X 58 33 X 49 1750-2500 1500-2000

214 Ralph Hotere

216 Patrick Hanly Drawing for a church window Hot Banana at Mitimit i mixed media, signed and pastel and acryl ic , signed and dated 1984 dated ' 82 35 X 60 76 X 55 1500-2000 800-1100

217 Michael Nicholson

Two heads lithograph , signed , editioned 2/5 and dated 1956

27 X 39 50-80

218 Victoria Edwards

Mother and child paper pulp and acrylic 109-80 300-500

219 Gretchen Albrecht

Sundial screenprint , Printers Proof signed and dated 1980

82 X 66 500-700

220 Stanley Palmer

Pakiri bamboo and litho print 14/80 signed and dated 1978

40 X 62

300-500

Lot 189

221 Don Binney Kaiakaka Kaka Great Barrier screenprint 42/150 , signed and dated 1982

67 X 41

400-500

222 Don Binney Swoop of the Katare , Wainamu screenprint 46/55 , edition II s igned

67 X 50 400-500 -

lithograph 3/30, signed 61 X 38 60-80

Untitled screenprint 2/32 , signed 27 X 25 50-80

223 Ted Dutch Helicopter
Lot 202
224 Michael Smither

225 Peter Siddell Window

screenprint 15/150, signed and dated 1982

58 X 46 250-350

226 Malcolm Warr

Horizon , Waikanae screenprint 38/70 signed and dated '78 50 X 37 150-250

Lot 205

227 A set fourteen books each containing twenty 35mm colour slides, being a course of art historical study of master painters from Da Vinci to Picasso 300-500

228 Art New Zealand quarterly publication with colour plates, number one 1976 ton umber forty 1986 inclusive 120-200

229 Gianni Street scene, Naples gouache, signed 49 X 32 300-400

230 Hilda Wiseman Dwarf Iris colour woodblock print , signed 22 X 16 100-150

231 Trevor Lloyd Tree ferns etching 11 5 X 7 100-150

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