COLLECTABLE ART
6:30pm Wednesday 24 February 2021
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Lot 20 Karl Maughan
Richard
Luke
Tuesday 30 March 2021
ENTRIES NOW INVITED
International Art Centre invites entries for our first Important & Rare Art auction of 2021.
A major catalogue publication is in preparation. The sale includes key works by Frances Hodgkins, Robin White, Don Binney, Michael Smither, Pat Hanly, Philip Clairmont Toss Woollaston, Ralph Hotere & Banksy
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Pictured: Philip Clairmont Deaths Head-Yellow, Spring 1970
ENTRIES NOW INVITED
2020 THE YEAR THAT WAS . . .
Art has long provided a myriad of benefits; inspiration, investment and enjoyment to name but a few. In 2020, the viewing and acquisition of an admired work of art provided both visual shelter from the storm and a silver lining for art lovers and investors alike. Recognising that within every challenge lies opportunity, the early implementation of our own App and online Bidding Platform was met with confidence and action by buyers and sellers alike. With the achievement of New Zealand's highest sale total of the year, ($3.6 million November) and the highest single price of the year, ($546,000 for a 1920's portrait by Charles F Goldie, August) 2020 proved to one of the most memorable of our 50 years.
With six live auctions and six online only auctions, record prices were attained in all genres and International Art Centre's strengthening position in the Contemporary New Zealand art market was clearly evident. For the second consecutive year, the highest price for a work by a living artist, (Michael Smither's Still Life with Green Plastic Plate, $216,210 November) was achieved on the floor of our Parnell premises. Headlines were made and excitement engendered by the sale of works by elusive British street artist Banksy. Interest from around the globe saw numerous records achieved for his screen prints as Banksy sales at International Art Centre since June, totalled $1.7 million.
Kakahi
Peter & Sara McIntyre
Sara McIntyre, Whakapapa Picnic, 2008. Peter McIntyre, A pleasant pool on the Wanganui River, c.1972
Chris and Kathy Parkin
1 GORDON WALTERS (1919 - 95)
Screenprint, edition 82/125, 57.5 x 49
Signed & dated 1982
$15,000 - 20,000
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Parnell
Purchased 1982
Purchased from Denis Cohen Gallery, 9th March, 1984
2 GORDON WALTERS (1919 - 95)
Kura
Screenprint, edition 101/150 75 x 56
Signed, inscribed & dated 1982
$10,000 - 15,000
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Parnell
Purchased 1982
Arahura
5
DUTCH (1928 - 2008) King and Queen Go Driving, c.1978
(1928 - 2008)
Hand built porcelain stoneware 9.5 x 10
Artist’s stamp applied verso
$400 - 600
6 TED DUTCH (1928 - 2008)
City Old and New
Acrylic on canvas board 92 x 122
Signed & dated 2005
Inscribed on original artist’s label affixed verso
$4,000 - 8,000
PROVENANCE
Purchased from Gallery Artigiano, 2005
8
$1,000 - 2,000 8
Screenprint, edition 14/55, 64 x 48
Signed, inscribed second edition & dated 1986
$12,000 - 18,000
BINNEY (1940 - 2012)
Lithograph, edition 6/28, 47 x 64
Signed, inscribed & dated 1987
$3,000 - 5,000
Etching, edition 11/30, 11 x 10
Signed, inscribed & dated 1978
7 DON BINNEY (1940 - 2012)
Swoop of the Kotare
DON
Karekare Northward
9 PAT HANLY (1940 - 2012)
Torso
10 RALPH HOTERE (1931 - 2013)
Aoraki is the Mountain, Waitaki the River
Lithograph, edition of 15, 67 x 50
Signed, inscribed & dated 2004
$3,500 - 4,500
11 RICHARD LEWER (b. 1970)
Untitled, 2016
Painted sandpaper 28 x 23
$1,500 - 2,000
PROVENANCE
Gow Langsford Gallery label affixed verso
Yew Hedge, Walsingham
Pastel on paper 21 x 30
Signed, inscribed & dated 1996
$3,000 - 5,000
Crockery Stack
Oil on canvas 134.5 x 90
Signed, inscribed & dated 12/2/97
$12,000 - 16,000
12 DON BINNEY (1940 - 2012)
13 DICK FRIZZELL (b. 1943)
Untitled Oil on board 29 x 34
Signed & dated 1996 verso
$2,000 - 4,000
Curtain Call for Donogh Rees
Lithograph, edition of 13, 34 x 44
Signed, inscribed & dated 1986
$1,500 - 2,500
14 JOHN WALSH (b. 1954)
15 TONY FOMISON (1939 - 90)
16 STAR GOSSAGE (b. 1972)
Two Figures Oil on canvas on board 61 x 30.5
$4,000 - 6,000
Haka
Carved wooden panel 30.5 x 61
Signed
$600 - 1,000
17 PAULINE YEARBURY
18
18 DOUGLAS MACDIARMID
(1922 - 2020)
Creatures in Space XV
Oil on canvas 60 x 92
Signed & dated 1969
$2,000 - 3,000
Creatures in Space XV is one of a major series of paintings inspired by the artist’s observation of surfers and bathers at Piha Beach, where Douglas’ parents, Dr Gordon and Mary MacDiarmid, lived for many years in semi-retirement. In the early 1950s, and with hopes of anchoring their artist son in New Zealand they purchased a cottage overlooking the wildly beautiful beach. It didn’t work, but many memorable landscape and figurative paintings of Piha and its rugged coastline did resulted from sketches made during his visits home. Although Douglas was never a surfer, he was an enthusiastic swimmer, water skier and sunbather who found the sea strongly restorative.
This series, and a darker companion series of paintings titled Creatures Entangled, were the product of MacDiarmid’s 1960s meditation on the theme of the human predicament, which he also referred to as the human ‘condition’. While the other series
examined individuals interacting in tight spaces, Creatures in Space portrayed quite the oppositepeople embracing the natural elements at the beach, a location he returned to often in his work. The last eight paintings of the series were dedicated to surfers riding the waves – man challenged, yet in harmony with the powerful forces of nature, the visual rhythm and freedom of sun, water and air. In his battered old painting journal, the painter cryptically records this work as rider seated front on – in eye.
Creatures in Space XV came to New Zealand in 1970, one of nine in the series. It was featured in Douglas MacDiarmid’s 1971 solo exhibition held at John Leech Gallery, Auckland.
Anna Cahill Biographer - Colours of a Life: The Life and Times of Douglas MacDiarmid (2018)
19 MILAN MRKUSICH (1925 - 2018)
Segmented Arc Light
Polymer coloured pencil & wax crayon on card 50 x 40
Signed & dated 1982 on mount
$8,000 - 12,000
Oil on canvas 90 x 106
Signed & dated 1991
$3,000 - 5,000
Oil on canvas 148 x 93
Signed & dated 1993
$3,000 - 5,000
21 DEAN BUCHANAN (b. 1952)
River Landscape
20 DEAN BUCHANAN (b. 1952)
Mt Taranaki
22
DAMIEN
HIRST
(British b. 1965)
The Sick Dead - Lime Green/Raven Black, 2014
Two colour foil block print on Arches paper
edition of 15, 72 x 51
Signed
$12,000 - 15,000
Despite a variety of medium and scale employed by Hirst, his works are tied through the common themes of death, life, religion, beauty and science. Through the seemingly morbid fascination with life and death, predominant in his work, Hirst challenges contemporary belief systems and tensions that may arise when death is discussed and portrayed through art. The skulls reference mortality, which is juxtaposed against the spiritual symbolism of the butterfly that is depicted in Hirst’s works as embodiments of the beauty of life and their impermanent existence. The symbolism of the skull, however, is one that is also presented as a celebration of life; a nod to Mexican and European traditions and is often produced in a variety of bright tones and iridescent foiling
23 GARTH
(1927 - 99)
Conversation Puhoi Oil on wood panel 25 x 29.5 Signed
$2,500 - 3,500
TAPPER
24 GARTH TAPPER (1927 - 99)
Oil on wood panel 20 x 29
Signed
$3,000 - 5,000
Puhoi Pub
Acylic on canvas 86.5 x 86.5
Signed & dated August 1981 verso
$10,000 - 15,000
Small
Acrylic on canvas 60 x 60
Signed & inscribed verso
$4,000 - 6,000
26 IAN SCOTT (1945 - 2013)
Lattice No. 148
25 IAN SCOTT (1945 - 2013)
Lattice
175 x 180
Signed & dated 1984
$8,000 - 12,000
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Auckland
Purchased from Art and Object 24/06/2008
27 PHILIPPA BLAIR (b. 1945) Red Tent
Acrylic on canvas
Signed
$10,000 - 15,000
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Auckland
Purchased from International Art Centre 30/10/2006
28 JACQUELINE FAHEY (b. 1929)
Christmas Day Oil on canvas 75 x 151
29 GRETCHEN ALBRECHT (b. 1943)
Cascade Watercolour and collage on paper
140 x 240
Signed & dated 1988
$10,000 - 20,000
Bathers, 1955
Limited edition print, c. 1980s
43 x 62.5
$1,500 - 2,500
30 COLIN MCCAHON (1919 - 1987)
31 MICHAEL ILLINGWORTH (1932 - 88) Family
Oil on hessian on board 34 x 50
$7,000 - 10,000
32 DICK FRIZZELL (b. 1943)
Red Haring V
Screenprint, edition of 80, 80 x 60
Signed, inscribed & dated 2007
$1,200 - 1,800
33 PAT HANLY (1932 - 2004)
Panama Woman
Lithograph, P1, 74 x 58
Signed, inscribed P1 & dated 1987
$2,500 - 3,500
34 PETER STICHBURY (b. 1969)
Aliana
Colour pencil 38 x 29
Signed & dated 2013
$5,000 - 7,000
Signed & dated June 1992 verso
$4,000 - 6,000
35 KARL MAUGHAN (b. 1964) Ice Flower Oil on canvas 66 x 66 cm
36
TRACEY MOFFATT (Australian b. 1960)
Up in the Sky #8
Offset print, edition of 60, artist’s proof 61 x 76
Signed, inscribed & dated 1997
$1,000 - 1,500
EXHIBITED:
Strange Days, Art Gallery of NSW, 1998
Guinness, Contemporary Art. Exhibition, 1998
Tracey Moffatt Up In The Sky, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 1998
ILLUSTRATED
p. 45. Tracey Moffatt Catalogue, W Tunnicliffe, M Snelling, Brisbane, 1999
37 TRACEY MOFFATT (Australian b. 1960)
Up in the Sky #7
Offset print, Offset print, edition of 60
Signed, inscribed & dated 1997
$1,000 - 1,500
EXHIBITED:
Tracey Moffatt Up In The Sky, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 1998
38 TRACEY MOFFATT (Australian b. 1960)
Up in the Sky #8
Offset print, edition of 60, artist’s proof 61 x 76
Signed, inscribed & dated 1997
$1,000 - 1,500
EXHIBITED:
Tracey Moffatt Up In The Sky, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 1998
39 DEAN BUCHANAN (b. 1952)
Waitakere Oil on canvas 76 x 101
Signed & dated 2002
$3,000 - 5,000
40 DEAN BUCHANAN (b. 1952)
Auckland Harbour Oil on canvas 136 x 90
Signed & dated 2000
$3,000 - 5,000
42
1952)
Still Life Oil on hessian 140 x 102
Signed & dated 2000
$4,000 - 6,000
(b. 1952)
Matamata Landscape I Oil on canvas 85 x 150
Signed & dated 1999
$3,000 - 5,000
43 DEAN
(b. 1952)
Tree Lined Lake
Oil on canvas 75 x 147
Signed & dated 1999
$3,000 - 5,000
41 DEAN BUCHANAN (b.
DEAN BUCHANAN
BUCHANAN
twelve WORKS from the fletcher trust collection
44 RON LEFT (b. 1948)
Centripetal Edge No. 3
Oil on board 180 x 120
Signed & inscribed verso
$4,000 - 6,000
PROVENANCE:
Collection of The Fletcher Trust
Original Fletcher Challenge label affixed verso
Acrylic housepaint on wooden doors, 4 pieces 196 x 324
Each panel signed & dated 1993 verso
$5,000 - 10,000
PROVENANCE: Collection of The Fletcher Trust
45 RICHARD THOMPSON (b. 1965)
Untitled
46 MICHAEL SHEPHERD (b. 1948)
Landscape, 1986
Oil on paper 26.5 x 49.5
$2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE:
Collection of The Fletcher Trust Original Fletcher Challenge label affixed verso
47 JAMES ROSS (b. 1948) Maharajahla
Acrylic on paper 36 x 20
Signed & dated August 1981
$800 - 1,200
PROVENANCE:
Collection of The Fletcher Trust
Perforated Panel, 1996
Tempera on gesso on board
Signed, inscribed & dated 1996 verso
100 x 120
$2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE:
Collection of The Fletcher Trust
Graphite and enamel on board
150 x 121.8
$2,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE
Collection of The Fletcher Trust Anna Bibby Gallery label affixed verso
48 GLENYS BROOKBANKS (b. 1948)
49
ESTHER LEIGH (b. 1966) Manx
50 JONATHAN ORGAN (b. 1973)
Untitled Version: 0.7
Acrylic on canvas 144 x 280
$1,500 - 2,500
PROVENANCE
Collection of The Fletcher Trust
51 DAVID MORRISON
Study of Harbour No. 45
Acrylic on canvas 122 x 152.6
Signed & dated 1999 verso
$2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE
Collection of The Fletcher Trust
52 DION WORKMAN (b. 1972)
Support (A), 1995
Acrylic on PVC 200 x 100
$1,500 - 2,500
PROVENANCE
Collection of The Fletcher Trust
53 BEN CORBAN (b. 1973)
Untitled (After Jean Arp “Overturned Blue Shoe with Two Heels Under Black Vault”), 1997
Wood and flock 88 x 114 x 9.5
$1,500 - 2,500
PROVENANCE
Collection of The Fletcher Trust Vavasour Godkin Gallery label affixed verso
Untitled XVI
Oil and shellac on canvas 192 x 183
Signed, inscribed XVI & dated 1994 verso
$4,000 - 6,000
PROVENANCE
Collection of The Fletcher Trust
55
(Working c. 1980s) June 1986
Acrylic on canvas 150 x 120
$2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE
Collection of The Fletcher Trust Original Fletcher Challenge Limited label affixed verso
54 KENDAL HEYES (b. 1952)
PAULINE TRENGROVE
56 BILL HAMMOND (b. 1947)
Untitled (Bird Bath)
Lithograph, edition 22/30, 54 x 74
Signed & dated 2000
$3,000 - 5,000
57 PIERA MCARTHUR (b. 1929)
The Mystery of the Portrait Acrylic on canvas 137.5 x 106
Signed
$10,000 - 15,000
EXHIBITED
Piera McArthur
The Colour of Music, Jonathan Grant Galleries
Acquired at the above exhibition by current owner
Corner of a French Cemetery
Oil on board 37.5 x 47.5
Signed, inscribed & dated 20/11/1988
$4,000 - 6,000
58 DICK FRIZZELL (b. 1943)
Never Trust a Punk
Inkjet print, edition 293/750
23.5 x 30.5
Signed
$500 - 800
59 JAMIE REID (British b. 1947)
60 BANKSY (British b. 1974)
GDP Rat
Screenprint on 50gsm paper
38.5 x 50.5
$5,500 - 7,000
61 BANKSY (British b. 1974)
Walled Off Hotel wall Sculpture/ Souvenir
Mixed media wall sculpture 9 x 5.8 accompanied by original numbered The Walled Off Hotel receipt, 2018
Item #: 1000427
$4,000 - 6,000
62 BANKSY (British b. 1974)
Walled Off Hotel
Framed Poster, open edition, 59 x 42
Walled Off Hotel embossed Stamp
$1,000 - 1,500
PROVENANCE
Original WOH till receipt affixed verso
PROVENANCE
Accompanied by the delivery note from The British Museum Company
$4,000 - 5,000
63 BANKSY (British b. 1974)
Peckham Rock
Print on birch wood 12 x 18
$550 - 750
64 SYNC x BRANDALISM MEDICOM TOY
Flying Balloon Girl
Polystone Sculpture 54 x 15
65 HENRI MATISSE (French 1869 - 1954)
Lady in Blue from Jazz Series
Lithograph 34 x 49
Inscribed in pencil Pour Paul, New York
1950
$5,000 - 7,000
EXHIBITED
The figure in this image features in Matisse’ work The Swimming Pool, held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York
66 ANDY WARHOL (American 1928 - 87)
Dollar Sign (Yellow)
Screenprint from Sunday B Morning edition of 50.5 x 40
$1,000 - 2,000
Return - from Continuous Lines Series
Acrylic on board 40 x 40
Signed, inscribed Continuous Lines Series
- Return & dated 2002 verso
$1,200 1,800
67 ROY GOOD (b. 1945)
The Secret Meeting with Super Bird Oil on board 64.5 x 59.8
Signed & dated 2002
$1,000 - 2,000
68 TOM MUTCH (b. 1951)
Sunday B. Morning silkscreen print 90 x 90
Fill in your own signature and Published by Sunday B. Morning stamped verso
$2,000 - 3,000
69 ANDY WARHOL
(American 1928 - 87) Poppy Flowers
(American 1928 - 87) Marilyn
Sunday B. Morning silkscreen print
91.5 x 91.5
Fill in your own signature and Published by Sunday B. Morning stamped verso
$2,000 - 3,000
70 ANDY WARHOL
71
72
GEORGES HAMEL (French 1900 - 72)
Monaco 5th Grand Prix, 1933
Clouet editions lithographic poster
100 x 67
Signed & inscribed in plate
$1,500 - 2,000
GEORGES HAMEL (French 1900 - 72)
Clouet editions lithographic poster
Clouet editions lithographic poster
100 x 67
Signed & inscribed in plate
$1,500 - 2,000
73 ANDY WARHOL
(American 1928 - 87)
Chanel Poster
Framed poster 172 x 118
$2,000 - 3,000
Untitled Wool embroidery on hessian backing
82 x 143
$400 - 800
75 PABLO
(Spanish 1881 - 1973)
Ronde de La Jeunesse, 1961
Lithograph 64 x 48.5
Signed in plate
$600 - 1,000
74 ALOI PILIOKO (Uvea Island b. 1953)
PICASSO
76 JOSEF ALBERS (German 1888 - 1976)
Homage to the Square Six silkscreen prints framed together 17 x 121 overall
$1,000 - 1,500
78 SOL LEWITT (American 1928 - 2007)
Untitled Screenprint 20 x 19 signed
$800 - 1,200
77 JOSEF ALBERS (German 1888 - 1976)
Homage to the Square Silk-screenprint 27 x 26
$800 - 1,200
79 DAVID BARKER (b. 1941)
Stock Yard
Acrylic on board 60 x 60
Signed & dated 1973
$800 - 1,200
80 DAVID BARKER (b. 1941)
Valley Trap
Acrylic on board 68.5 x 88
$800 - 1,200
81 NEIL DRIVER (b. 1951)
Chair Beside A Door
Acrylic on hardboard 125 x 110
Signed, inscribed & dated 2004 verso
$8,000 - 12,000
Irises, 2008
Oil on canvas 30 x 25
Signed & dated 2008
$3,500 - 4,500
- 2012)
Study No. 8, In the Garden
Gouache on paper 38 x 56
Signed & dated 1978
$2,000 - 3,000
82 JANE EVANS (1946 - 2012)
83 JANE EVANS (1946
84 THOMAS ARTHUR MCCORMACK (1883 - 1973)
Still Life
Watercolour 56.5 x 37
Signed $500 - 1,000
85 OTIS FRIZZELL (b. 1971)
Skull
Spray stencil, edition of 20, 91 x 66
Signed & dated 2013
$1,000 - 2,000
- 5,000
86 PATRICIA FRANCE (1911 - 95)
Daisies
Gouache on paper 44 x 38
Signed
$4,000
Bethels - Erangi Point Oil on board 100 x 108
Signed, inscribed & dated 2017
$1,500 - 2,500
87 RUSSELL JACKSON (b. 1947)
Kingfisher
Oil on board 100 x 120
Signed, inscribed & dated 2019
$1,500 - 2,500
88 RUSSELL JACKSON (b. 1947)
- Waiheke Island
89 PETER O’HAGAN (1942 - 2013)
The Queen Mary 2 Arrives in Auckland on a Brilliant Summer
Watercolour & gouache 60 x 91
Signed & dated 2007
$1,500 - 2,500
PROVENANCE
From the artist’s estate
90 PETER O’HAGAN (1942 - 2013)
A Vice Presidents View of the Lido Beach, Venice
Watercolour 74 x 40
Signed
$1,500 - 2,500
PROVENANCE
From the artist’s estate
91 JOHN PAPAS (b. 1942)
City at Night
Earthenware, eight pieces 15.5 x 15.5
Each panel signed verso
$400 - 800
92 JEAN HORSLEY (1913 - 97)
Dawn Chorus
Oil on board 101 x 73
Signed & dated 1987
$3,000 - 5,000
93
JEAN HORSLEY (1913 - 97)
Untitled (Squares)
Oil on canvas board 60 x 45
$3,000 - 4,000
94 JEAN HORSLEY (1913 - 97)
Untitled (Symbols)
Acrylic on canvas board 44.5 x 59.5
Signed
$3,000 - 4,000
95 JEAN HORSLEY (1913 - 97)
Reflection
Oil on canvas on board 76 x 101
Signed & dated 1992
$3,000 - 4,000
$2,000 - 3,000 96
96 JEAN HORSLEY (1913 - 97)
I Do Not Like the Way the Cards are Shuffled...
Mixed media on paper 63 x 72
Signed
97 MIKE ROWLAND (b. 1949) The Juggler Oil on canvas 102 x 76
Signed & dated 2003
$1,500 - 2,500
I Tag Therefore I Am Acrylic
$800 - 1,200
98 DEAN BUCHANAN (b. 1952) Tutamoe Oil on stretched hessian 65 x 79
99 ALAN TAYLOR (1933 - 2016)
on canvas 50 x 50 Signed
98
Study for Detail, Portrait of R Vaughan Williams
Watercolour 16 x 16.5
$8,000 - 12,000
100 RITA ANGUS (1908 - 70)
Signed & dated 1956
$2,500 - 3,500
101 DOUGLAS BADCOCK (1922 - 2009)
Jacks Bay, Owaka Coast Oil on board 50 x 64
European Street Scene
Watercolour 34 x 24.5
Signed & dated 1911
$2,500 - 3,500
1957)
Market Scene, France
Watercolour & gouache on paper 32 x 39
Signed $3,000 - 4,000
102 OWEN MERTON (1887 - 1931)
103 MAUDE BURGE (1865 -
103
104 JOHN WEEKS (1888 - 1965)
Watercolour 25.5 x 33.5
Signed
$500 - 1,000
105 JOHN WEEKS (1888 - 1965)
Mountain Village
Watercolour 21 x 31
$500 - 700
- 1946)
Self Portrait
Watercolour 35.5 x 28
Signed
$2,000 - 3,000
Moroccan facade
106 ANNIE ELIZABETH KELLY (1877
SEVEN VELVET PAINTINGS
BY CHARLES MCPHEE
FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, AUCKLAND
107 CHARLES MCPHEE (1910 - 2002)
Maori Elder
Oil on velvet 89 x 68
Signed & dated 1987
$3,000 - 5,000
108 CHARLES MCPHEE (1910 - 2002)
Tahitian Innocence
Oil on velvet 89 x 68
Signed, inscribed & dated 1983
$3,000 - 5,000
107
Charles McPhee was one of the first artists to paint on black velvet. He studied with the founder of this genre, American artist Edgar Leeteg (1904 -1954). In the early years after WWII, painting on velvet was a unique new technique which enabled the artist to render life forms in a tactile and lifelike way. In the 1960s Charlie McPhee enjoyed immense success and personal popularity. He was inundated with commissions and his exhibitions were sell outs.
Whilst studying with Leetag, Charles McPhee met Tahitian beauty and artist’s model, Elizabeth Tetuanui. Elizabeth became his wife and longtime muse. On returning to New Zealand they established their home and studio in the Waitakeres.
A 1998 television documentary,Velvet Dreams, by award-winning Samoan director, Sima Urale featured the artist and his works. Charlie died at the age of 92.
109 CHARLES MCPHEE (1910 - 2002)
“Billy” Noble of Te Kao also known as “Pakinga” Oil on velvet 87 x 68
Signed & dated 1962
$3,000 - 4,000
110 CHARLES MCPHEE (1910 - 2002)
A Maori Chief Oil on velvet 89 x 68
Signed & dated 1982
$2,500 - 3,500
111 CHARLES MCPHEE (1910 - 2002)
Maori Woman Oil on tiger velvet 89 x 68
Signed
$2,500 - 3,500
112 CHARLES MCPHEE (1910 - 2002) Nani Oil on velvet 89 x 68
$2,500 - 3,500
Open Minded Oil on canvas with 2 pot resin 76 x 76
$2,500 - 4,500
Signed, inscribed & dated 2012 verso
$1,000 - 1,500
EXHIBITED
East 2020, 21 November 2020 - 28 February 2021, Hastings City Art Gallery
113 CHARLES MCPHEE (1910 - 2002)
Crunchy the Clown Oil on velvet 86 x 68
114 JANE GRAY (b. 1955)
FOUR WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MURIEL WILLIAMS
Grand daughter of Charles Blomfield and author of the book, Charles Blomfield, His Life and Times, Hodder and Stoughton, Auckland, 1980
115 CHARLES BLOMFIELD (1848 - 1926)
Whangarei Heads Oil on board 14 x 29.5
$800 - 1,200
116 CHARLES BLOMFIELD (1848 - 1926)
From St Heliers Oil on board 16 x 30.5
$800 - 1,200
117 CHARLES BLOMFIELD (1848 - 1926)
Kauri Tree Oil on board 33 x 20
$800 - 1,200
118 BESSIE KENDON BLOMFIELD (1880 - 1984)
Cottage Overlooking Rangitoto Oil on board 23 x 30
$400 - 800
117
- 1926)
Seascape
Oil on canvas 45 x 55
Signed
$800 - 1,200
WILLIAM
(1848 - 1926)
Girl
Oil on canvas laid on board 34 x 25.5
Signed
$800 - 1,200
119 WILLIAM HENRY ALLEN (1848
120
HENRY ALLEN
121 WILLIAM HENRY ALLEN (1848 - 1926)
Lake Scene II (Loch Wester Ross)
Oil on board 39 x 59
Signed
$800 - 1,200
122 WILLIAM HENRY ALLEN (1848 - 1926)
In the Bush NZ (From a sketch made at Pelorus bridge 1944)
Oil on board 61 x 64
Signed
$800 - 1,200
123 CEDRIC SAVAGE (1901 - 69)
Poporangi River
Oil on canvas board 52 x 65
Signed
$800 - 1,200
124 TOM ESPLIN (1915 - 2005)
Cefalu, Sicily
Oil on board 25 x 38
Signed
$2,500 - 3,500
125 FRANK WRIGHT (1860 - 1923)
Auckland Harbour
Watercolour 14 x 27
Signed
$1,500 - 2,500
126 PIERA MCARTHUR
Moscow Park with Cold Nude Figure
Ink and watercolour on paper 18.5 x 18.5
Signed
$400 - 600
127
COLIN HAYES (1913 - 97)
Landscape
Oil on canvas 57 x 67
Signed
$800 - 1,200
128 JOHN COOPER (English 1894 - 1943)
Scene near Harlech
Oil on canvas 50 x 60
Signed
$800 - 1,200
129
BERTHE MORISOT (1913 - 97)
Women Reclining
Etching, published Berlin 1909, 10 x 14
Goldmark Gallery label verso
$400 - 800
130 CHRISTA GAA (1937 - 1992)
Lily
Watercolour & gouache 22 x 31
Signed
$200 - 400
131 RODERIC O’CONNOR
Standing Nude
Charcoal on paper 30 x 14
Dicken Hall Ltd Gallery label affixed verso
$400 - 800
132 FRANCES RYAN
Crawfordsburn No. 3
Oil on canvas 30.5 x 30.5
Signed & inscribed on stretcher verso
$300 - 500
133
EDOUARD VUILLARD (French 1868 - 1940)
Profil D’homme
Etching & aquatint, edition of 150
9.5 x 13.5
Goldmark Gallery label affixed verso
$300 - 500
134 TIM WILSON (1954 - 2019) Milford Track Oil on canvas 90 x 60
Signed & inscribed Milford Track
$8,000 - 12,000
135 TIM WILSON (1954 - 2019) In Dusky Sound Oil on canvas 34 x 44
Signed
$800 - 1,200
136 TIM WILSON (1954 - 2019) Dusky Sound Oil on canvas 24 x 34
Signed $800 - 1,200
137
137 GEOFFREY PROUD (Australian b. 1946)
There is Mist in the Valley Oil on canvas 120 x 150
Signed & dated 2003 verso
$1,000 - 2,000
138 PRO HART (Australian 1928 - 2006)
Water Birds Oil on board 14.6 x 14.6
Signed $800 - 1,200
139 DAVID BROMLEY (Australian b. 1960) Portrait II, 1999 Acrylic on linen 30 x 30
Signed
$800 - 1,200
140 HUGH SAWREY (Australian 1919 - 99) “Corfields Travelling Mob” Along the Barcoo River Oil on board 29 x 34
Signed $800 - 1,200
138 139
A Good Joke
Chromolithograph 51 x 37.5
Machine signed
$2,000 - 4,000
141 CHARLES GOLDIE (1870 - 1947)
Signed & dated 2004
$800 - 1,200
142 KAL GAJOUM (Tripoli 1968)
Dom Perignon
Acrylic on canvas 90.5 x 75
143 GEOFFREY PROUD
(Australian b. 1946)
The Father and the Black House
Pastel on paper 54 x 74
Signed
$400 - 600
144 JOS KIVITS
(b. 1945)
Still Life with Cake Oil on board 66 x 90
Signed
$1,500 - 2,500
146
145 MICHELE BRYANT
Christchurch Man
Hand printed on hand painted
fabriano paper, edition of 40, 118 x 60
Signed, inscribed and dated 2017
$1,400 - 1,800
146 DEAN PROUDFOOT
(Working c. 2007 - 13) A Sure Thing Oil on canvas 91 x 121
Signed & dated 2008
$1,400 - 2,000
(1864 - 1929)
Waiau Creek, Hawkes Bay Oil on canvas 60 x 90
Signed & inscribed
$1,500 - 2,500
Maori Cheftainess & Child Oil on canvas 75 x 60
Signed $800 - 1,200
147 WILLIAM GEORGE BAKER
148 J TAYLOR
147
149 MARILYN WEBB (b. 1937)
Lake Mahinerangi, 7pm September 11
Hand coloured monoprint 40 x 55
Signed, inscribed & dated 1983
$300 - 500
Eglinton
Signed
$1,200 - 1,800
150 JONATHAN WHITE (b. 1939)
River, Fiordland
Oil on canvas 85 x 120
151 DALENE MEIRING (b. 1965)
Distant Horizons II Oil on canvas 70 x 118
$400 - 600
152 DALENE MEIRING (b. 1965)
Between the Lillies Oil on canvas 80 x 70
Signed
$500 - 1,000
153
CEDRIC SAVAGE (1901 - 69)
Headlands, Narrabeen Heights out of Sydney Oil on canvas board 28 x 39
Signed & dated 2930
$500 - 1,000
154 JILL BRADSHAW (Australian)
I Must Not Be Late
Mixed media on paper 71 x 50
Signed, inscribed & dated 2003
Schubert Galleries label affixed verso
$500 - 800
155 JILL BRADSHAW (Australian)
To Cut a Long Story Short
Mixed media on paper 22.5 x 22
Signed, inscribed & dated 2003
Schubert Galleries label affixed verso
$300 - 500
156 JILL BRADSHAW (Australian)
Still Life with Model Plane
Mixed media on paper 23 x 21.5
Signed, inscibed & dated 2003
Schubert Galleries label affixed verso
$300 - 500
154
Important & Rare Art
Important & Rare auctions are the proven, preeminent sale category for major works of art offered for sale in New Zealand. These auctions take place three times annually. As we fast approach our 50th year in business, experience continues to equal results. 2014 saw Important & Rare auctions realise five of New Zealand’s top ten auction prices. The following year saw new records set with the two top prices in Auckland achieved. With the addition of the record $1.377 million paid for a C F Goldie in April’s 2016 sale, International Art Centre achieved the three highest art auction prices in New Zealand’s history. Due to an appreciative, and greatly valued clientele of nationwide and international buyers and sellers we look forward to breaking new ground.
COLLECTABLE ART ALWAYS CONSIGNING ENTRIES NOW INVITED
The buzz generated by our Collectable Art auctions reflects the popularity of these sales: an event at which seasoned connoisseurs and budding collectors alike converge to appreciate one of the most eclectic and diverse offerings available to the market. Works span the vital period from mid-century modernism through to the cutting-edge of today’s Contemporary art in New Zealand.
This sale category is an increasingly significant event in our auction calendar. Offering a number of lowerpriced works from highly-sought after artists in print and edition form, as well as quality works from artists whose presence on the secondary market is just beginning to crystallise.
Single Owner Auctions
From time to time, the secondary market is fortunate enough to be exposed to one of those rare collections which transcends the value of its individual works of art, and stands to represent something iconic in its entirety. Our team is well-versed in the process of offering single-owner collections for sale, and take pride in the process of curating a single-owner sale when the opportunity arises. We offer a targeted marketing campaign and maximise the use of both electronic and print-based collateral to effectively showcase such collections to maximum effect. The strong networks we have established locally and internationally are reflected in some of the private collections which have been entrusted to us in recent years.
CONSIGNING INVITED
ART AT HOME ONLINE only Auctions
A quick, easy and reliable solution to larger low value consignments. During the 2020 nationwide lockdowns we stayed connected to our clients, keeping them close to our art. The time was spent productively, resulting in the development of our own online bidding platform and App, successfully auctioning works of art with no exhibition viewing, no printed catalogue, while using state-of-the-art twenty-first-century technology. All transactions were contactless and we reduced our carbon footprint along the way. While the personal service, excitement and atmosphere of our famous live Parnell Road auctions remain and will continue to grow, the success of this online only platform has encouraged us to introduce this as an exclusive and permanent sale category.
CONTACT
Richard Thomson
Ph +64 9 379 4010
M. 0274 751 071
E. richard@artcntr.co.nz
Maggie Skelton
Ph +64 9 379 4010
E. maggie@artcntr.co.nz
Luke Davies
Ph +64 9 379 4010
E. luke@artcntr.co.nz
www.fineartauction.co.nz
202 Parnell Road, Auckland
Absentee Bid Form - collectable art
6:30pm Wednesday 24 February
I instruct International Art Centre to bid on my behalf for the following lots up to the prices indicated below. I understand my bids are to be executed at the lowest attainable price level. All bids are subject to Conditions of Sale printed in this catalogue.
REGISTRATION NUMBER
NAME
ADDRESS
TELEPHONE
Signature ........................................................................................... / / 2021
International Art Centre offers this service to clients unable to attend sale and is not responsible for error or failure to execute bids.
Email to info@internationalartcentre.co.nz before 3pm day of sale
Alternatively, register as a member on our website then leave bids online www.fineartauction.co.nz or our bidding platform auction.internationalartcentre.co.nz
202 Parnell Road, Auckland, New Zealand Tel + 64 9 379 4010 email info@internationalartcentre.co.nz www.fineartauction.co.nz
ARTIST NAME
Conditions of Sale and 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 5:00pm Friday 26 February 2021 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 whilst auction is in progress. Payment can also not be made until completion of auction.
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 buyers premium.
ABSENTEE BIDS
Absentee bidding arranged - please refer to absentee bidding in back of catalogue Fax to (09) 307 3421 or post to PO Box 37 344 Parnell before 3pm day of sale. Please do not be offended if a member of our staff ask for your credit card details as security.
Absentee bids can also be left via our website to registered members. Our 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 and registered bidders. There is no charge for this service.
PAYMENT OPTIONS
Eftpos: Available for transactions depending on your daily limit.
Bank deposits: Bank instructions on invoice if paying by direct debit.
Quote the Lot number(s) purchased and Surname as reference. International Art Centre no longer accepts cheque or cash payments in excess of NZ$10,000.
Credit cards: Visa and Mastercard accepted - 2% surcharge.
PROTECTED OBJECTS ACT
Art objects over 50 years old made by an artist or maker born in or related to New Zealand may be protected New Zealand objects, and therefore require permission from the Ministry for Culture and Heritage in order to be exported. Applications for permission to export can be made at https://mch.govt.nz/ nz-identity-heritage/protected-objects/exporting
FREIGHT & PACKING
International Art Centre arrange door to door delivery both nationally and internationally. Please arrange insurance on your items prior to them leaving our premises.
OTHER ENQUIRIES
Should you have any questions relating to the sale or if we can be of any other assistance please contact us during business hours on (09) 379 4010, Toll Free 0800 800 322 or email info@internationalartcentre.co.nz
BUYERS PREMIUM
17.5% Buyers premium plus GST on premium applies to all lots. (Total buyers premium is 20.12% including GST)
