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AN IMPORTANT SALE OF THE ERIC FINCH COLLECTION Of New Zealand Paintings With Contemporary New Zealancl Painting MARCH 18TH AT 6PM

CONDITIONS OF SALE

1. The highest bidder to 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 a gent to bid or else to impose a reserve

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catalogue of

THE ERIC HNCH COLLECTION

New Zealand Paintings including important works by Nerli and Van der Velden

Paintings and prints by Wendela Boreel A.R.E. with Contemporary New Zealand Paintings and an important Australian Painting by Desiderius Orban

THURSDAY 18TH MARCH 1982

commencing at 6.00 p.m.

VARIOUS UNCATALOGUED PAINTINGS AND PRINTS WILL BE OFFERED FROM 5.30 P.M.

Alec Carruthers Gould R.B.A. The Landing Place Oil on canvas

51.5 x 61cm

41 Albert J. Hansen Girl and Turkeys

Watercolour , signed and dated 1895 in brushpoint 21 x 13.5cm

42 T. Marjoribanks Hay R.W.S. Near St Andrews

Watercolour , signed on front in brushpoint

14.5 x 21.5cm

43 Hicks On the Thames near Richmond Oil on board

20.5 x 15.5cm

44 A. Lepere Cite Vue due Pont des Arts

Etching , signed in pencil 125 x 185mm

45 Jacob Maris Shepherd and Flock of Sheep Oil on canvas (holed), signed and dated 1876 51 x 74cm

46 Mortimer Mempes An Evening in Holland Etching , signed in pencil 200 x 270mm

47 William Mulready R.A. The Boys at the Pump Oil on cardboard 24 x 18cm

48 Isaac Naarden (President of the Netherland Federation of Artists) Dutch Barns - Eembrugge Holland 1938

Watercolour , signed and dated 1958 in pencil

18 5 x 29cm

49 J.F. Passmore Man and Woman of Charles II period

Signed and dated 1869

32.5 x 25cm

So W.S. Percy · High Street Old Portsmouth Etching 25150 , signed 160 x 24mm

51 August Morton Hely Smith R.B.A. Sailing Boats at Anchor Oil on canvas , signed 30 X 41cm

52 W.F. Barraud River Landscape, Wellington Watercolour, from a sketchbook 25 x 35cm

53 Blythe Fletcher Landscape with sheep grazing gouache

Signed 34.5 x 50.5cm

54 Gwyneth Richardson Pakuranga

Watercolour, signed in brushpoint

29.5 x 37cm

SS E. Turnbull Floral Still Life Oil on board , signed 51 x 38cm

56 Tom Garratt Lake Scene Oil on board , signed 18 x 33cm

57 W. Allen Bollard Mountain and Lake Scene Oil on canvas , signed and dated 1908 45 x 75cm

58 W.F. Barraud Landscape, Wellington Watercolour , initialled 25 x 35cm

59 Rix Carlton Fully Rigged Sailing Ships off the Coast Watercolour, signed and dated 1934 in brushpoint

37.5 x 48cm

60 A. Sinclair English Village Scene

Watercolour , signed in brushpoint

37.5 x 50cm

Archibald Frank Nicol South Island Landscape with Poplar Trees Oil on board 24 x 35cm

62 Henry William Kirkwood The Mouth of the Wanganui River Oil on canvas , signed 60 x 90cm (Illustrat ed)

Edward Fristrom

Landscape with houses and figures overlooking Wellington Harbour Oil on canvas , signed

30 .5 x 40.5cm Illustrated)

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Edward Fristrom

Landscape with Macrocapa Oil on board , sig ned

20.5 x 25cm

John Barr Clarke Hoyte Paparata

Watercolour 26 x 19cm

Petrus Van der Velden Evening with Beached Fishing Boat Oil on board 56 x 37 5cm

Frank Wright Huia Valley , Manukau Harb our Auckland

Watercolour , signed in brushpoint

30.5 x 45cm

Charles Nathaniel Worsley Spanish Street Scene

Watercolour , signed in brushpoint 75 x 55cm

Sydney Lough Thompson A Brittany Chapel Gouache , signed in brushpoint

37.5 x 50cm '70

Robert Johnson / ' An oil study of a beached yacht (13 x 17.5cm) pasted inside the front cover of 'New Zealand' , Land for the Artist' paintings by Robert Johnson , introduced by R.C. Goudie , Sydney 1953. 4vo.

Esther Studholme Hope A Glimpse of Mt Sefton

Watercolour 38 x 27cm

George Edmund Butler Poppies in Corn Oil on canvas 26 x 35.5cm

Thomas Selby Cousins Bush Scene

Watercolour , signed and dated 1890 in pencil

25.5 x 20cm

Thomas Selby Cousins Landscape

Watercolour 15 x 31cm

Blythe Fletcher Horse and Dray in Evening Landscape Gouache 95 x 73cm

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76 Blythe Fletcher Boats on the Beach

Gouache , signed and dated 1932

5 x 73cm

77 Blythe Fletcher Shepherd with sheep at drinking pool Gouache 48 X 31cm

78 Blythe Fletcher Fishing Boats on Beach

Gouache, signed and dated 1929 34 x 39cm

79 J. Menzies Gibb

The Fishing Grounds, Summer

Estuary Oil on canvas , signed and dated 1890 24 x 40cm

80 Harley Griffiths Self Portrait (Melbourne 1936) Drypoint

x 90mm

81 Harley Griffiths After Whistler

5 x 60.5mm

82 W.M. Hodgkins

Mountain Scene Central Otago Watercolour , signed with monogram in brushpoint 20 x 14.5cm

83 W.M. Hodgkins

Skippers, Shot Over , Central Otago Watercolour , signed in brushpoint 22.5 x 14.5cm

84 A.H. McLintock

Early Spring Etching , signed 22 x 30cm

Pieri Giralamo Nerli

An Italian Farmyard

Watercolour , signed in brushpoint 28 x 41cm

Giralamo Pieri Nerli

Two Lovers and Turkeys Oil on canvas , signed 46 x 34.5cm (Illustrated )

87 A. Sinclair In South Australia

Watercolour , signed in brushpoint 17.5 x 25cm

Petrus van der Velden

Shepherd girl with ewe and two lambs , late evening Oil on canvas 66.5 x 54cm

89 Petrus van der Velden

The Artist's Wife and Baby Charcoal sketch 50 x 40cm

Petrus van der Velden

Sydney Harbour 1902

Watercolour and crayon drawing , inscribed Sydney 1 Julie 1902 Pvd V. 22 x 34cm (Illustrated)

Petrus van der Velden

The Coming Storm Oil on canvas , signed with initials 56 x 61.5cm (Illustrated)

Petrus van der Velden

The bad tooth that Hendrikka van der Velden has extracted Charcoal drawing , inscribed and signed 30 x 25cm

91"1 Petrus van der Velden

J Self Portrait Oil study on cedar panel , signed with initials 23 x 16.5cm (Illustrated)

Petrus van der Velden Hillside

Oil on canvas , signed

51 X 41cm

Petrus van der Velden

Study of Birds and Moonlight Gouache , s ign ed with initials

17.5 x 11.5cm

Petrus van der Velden Untitled Oil sketch

11.5 x 8.5cm

Petrus van der Velden

Sailing Ships at Wharf

Watercol o ur, signed and dated 1854 in pencil

43 x 67cm

George F. Foder

Untitled Landscape

Oil

61 x 87cm

L. W. Wilson

Lake Mahiuapita Westland

Oil

50.5 x 65.6cm

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Arthur Fuller

'Emigrants to the City of Zion '

Oil on b o ard , signed and dated 1922

55 x 85.5cm

Illustrated The Saturday Evening Post, Dec 9 , 1922

Commissioned to illustrate a series titled 'The Magnetic West ' (1llustrated)

101 19th Century Dutch School Card Players

Oil on can v as , original gilt frame

45 x 36.5cm

102

Arthur H. Rigg Burnham Beeches

Oil on canvas , signed and dated 1885

58 x 90cm

10,'l F. Cartano

J Moroccan Street Scene

Watercol o ur , signed in brushpoint

48.5 x 30cm

104 Albert Pollett

The Shrimpers

Watercolour , signed and dated 1890 in brushpoint

31.5 x 49.5cm

105

Sydney Curnow Vosper R.W.S.

The Little House

Wat erco lo ur , s igned

16 x 19.5cm

106

Alfred H. Green

The Little Reapers

Oil on canvas , signed 90 x 70cm

107 F. Catano

Lake Scene with Fishing Boats

Watercolour , signed in brushpoint 24 x 48cm

108 Jacques Detaille Paris Street Scene

Oil on canvas , signed 46 x 38cm

109

David Cox R.A. attributed Road to Vallambrosa

Pencil and wash , inscribed and dated 1842 145 x 225mm

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110

An 18th Century copy of a 16th Century Classical Subject

Oil on canvas 64 x 136cm

111 Desiderius Orban

Still Life 1925

Oil on plywood panel , signed 75 x 98cm

Illustrations: facing p 145 , Encyclopaedia of Australian Art , Alan McCulloch 1968 ; Progressive Art , Nine Pictures of Desiderius Orban by Eugene Kolb

This painting is considered to be one of the artist's finest still-lifes It was included in an exhibition of his work in the Newcastle Art Gallery in 1970 and was later requested for an Orban exhibition at the Art Gallery of N. S. W. (1l/ustrated )

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112 Judy Cassab

Paddington Street

Oil on board , signed and dat ed 1964

91 x 71cm

113 Norman Lindsay

Tom Mann declares War against Society

Pen drawing for The Bulletin , signed and inscribed

460 x 310mm

114

19th Century Italian School

A Street Boy

Oil on oak panel

28 x 22.5cm

115

19th Century British School

Coastal Scene

Watercolour , signature illegible , c. 1840

15 x 35 .5cm

116 W. Manders

Country House in Landscape

Watercolour , sign ed and dated 1911 in brushpoint

30 5 x 45cm

117 H. Glover

Stable Horse and Dog

Watercolour , signed in brushpoint

31 x 39cm

118

Thomas Rowlandson

Reclining Nude

Pen and wash , signed

73 x 143mm

119 A. Hamburger

Winter Landscape

Oil on canvas , signed and dated 1910

38 x 52cm

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120

Agnes M. Bell

The Port of Nelson

Oil on board , initialled

21 X 31cm

121

Petrus Van der Velden

Portrait of a Man Standing

Charcoal , signed 23 x 15cm

122

Marcus King

Botany Bay NSW

Oil on board , titled and inscribed on back

29 x 39cm

123

Avon Prints

13 colour reproductions of early New Zealand and Australian watercolours. Published in editions limited in most cases to 1000 copies, mint condition.

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124 John Gould 6 colour litho plates 'Birds of Australia ' London 1840-48 SSS x 380mm page size each

125

8 colour litho and 40 monochrome litho plates from a broken portfolio 'Ansichten aus Japan, China and Siam, Die Preussische Expedition Nach ost-Asien' Berlin 1864, with 26 pages of text.

126 An artist's scrapbook containing 163 pencil and watercolour sketches of boats, figures , animals etc. c. 1870

127 William Lionel Wyllie R.A. Silvertown Thames Embankment Etching , signed 190 x 390mm

128 H. Moore-Jones Sketches made at Anzac 1915 7 photo mechanical reproductions of the Gallipoli campaign in cloth cover , stained

129 W.J.S.

Auckland , New Zealand Colour litho panorama , Star Printing Works c. 1870 320 x 900mm

130 The New Zealand Festival lithographic panorama published by S.A. Tegg, Hobart , 1845

Rare , laid down on board , stained 380 x 1850mm

131 Charles Heaphy View of a Part of the Town of Wellington 1841 Colour lithograph , printed by Hullmandel Margin torn, some light staining , otherwise a good copy of this rare lithograph 513 x 710mm

132 John Kinder Nevill 's Court , Trinity College , Cambridge Pencil , inscribed 180 x 210mm

133 Trevor Lloyd The Tryant Sleeps Etching , signed 90 x 85mm

The following five lots consists of etchings by Members of'the Auckland Quoin Club as under :

134 Arnold F Goodwin Auckland Harbour

Sign ed and dat ed 1 919 187 x 226mm

135 Arnold Goodwin

Takapuna, Auckland

Signed and dated 1917 100 x 150mm

136 G. Warner Sawmill

Signed and dated 1919 280 x 194mm

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Four etchings by Percy Bagnall, Jas Fitzgerald Reuben Watts (2) c 1919

With a 19th Century Japanese woodblock print , stained 340 x 220mm

138 T.V. Gulliver

Floating Crane Woodblock print 37.60 260 x 195mm

139 Giovanni Domenico Campligia (1692-1768 )

Engraved portraits of Claudio Ridolfi and Martino de Vos , some worm holes (2 ) 271 x 175mm

140

Three , 18th Century English engraved illustrations to the Bible 230 x 180mm each

141 17th Century Italian engraving 245 x 357mm

142 Sir William Russell Flint Ladies at the Seaside Etching , editi o ned LXX and signed in ink on margin 210 x 340mm

143 Robert Atkinson Takapuna

Watercolour , signed and inscribed in brushpoint 16 5 x 24cm

144 Wira Kocha Bambini

Enamel on board , monogrammed 58 x 195cm

145 George Charles Haite R.I., R B.A.

The End of thee Journey , Morocco c 1920 , oil on board , signed 27 x 42cm

146 Bessie Christie Untitled figure composition

Oil o n b oa rd, s ig n ed 51 x 49cm

147 Frank Wright River and Landscape , North Island

Wat e rcolour , signed in brushpoint 40 5 x 58.5cm

148

John Kinder

Hasting field

Pencil 210 x 125mm

149 A.O. Willis A pair of colour lithographs

The Pink and White Terraces 320 x 500mm each

150

Michael Smither Walnut

Screenprint 1150 , initiall ed and dated 1976 in pencil 200 x 600mm

151 A~drew Bogle Epiphany

Scr eenprint 1976 595 x 460mm

152

Andrew Bogle Masquerade

Screenprint 1977 495 x 580mm

153

Gordon Walters Tama

Screenprint 1977 652 x 470mm

154

Philip Clairmont Chair sold c 1975 , oil pastel , ink and p e ncil 230 x 150mm

155

Don Binney Beyond Wainamu , Te Henga

Lithograph , Artist Proof, inscribed and signed in pencil 480 x 695mm

156

Paul Hartigan Has your Tongue been Stung

Lately

Screenprint proof, inscribed , sign ed and dated 1976 420 x 590mm

157

Paul Gibbs Space Race

Collage , signed 440 x 350mm

158

Paul Hartigan

Plate

Coloured pencil and Indian ink , s ign ed and dated 1976 275 x 303mm

159

Barry Lett Vase

Etching 7115, signed and dated 1978 122 x 113mm

160 Paul Hartigan Four silkscreen prints 1973

Signed , editioned 4 / 5 and dated in pencil 58 x 40.5mm each

161 Paul Hartigan Untitled

Ink and watercolour, signed and dated 1975 210 x 265mm

162 Paul Hartigan O.K.

Indian ink and watercolour , signed and dated 1979 316 x 509mm

163 Paul Hartigan

Seven X's and Six O 's

Indian ink and watercolour , signed and dated 1979 316 x 506mm

164 Don_ Binney Munwa1

Lithograph 1974 348 x 570mm

165 Gary T ricker

The Red Horse

Colour etching, artist 's proof, signed and dated 1972 215 x 250mm

166 Gary Tricker Untitled

Etching , artist 's proof, signed and dated 1972

167 Gary Tricker Landscape

Etching , artist's proof, signed and dated 1974 395 x 290mm

168 Gary Tricker The Thin Line

Colour etching 5 / 25 , signed and dated 1975 360 x 310mm

169 Stanley Palmer Tannery, Fez

Lithography and bamboo engraving, edition 36 / 60, signed and dated 1975 450 x 490mm

170 Michael Smither Mt Egmont

Screenprint 1976, edition 2 1 95, inscribed, initialled and dated 1976 in pencil 580 x 540mm

171 Rei _ Hamon Hu1a

Colour photolitho print 1880 / 2000 , numbered, signed and dated 1980 690 x 955mm

172

Fum(aki Fukita

Destiny

Woodcut 1963 2 130 , signed and dated 480 x 614mm

173 John Lethbridge Four Pencils

Col. lithograph and graphite 1975 , signed in pencil 791150

174 Stanley Palmer

Landscape with Haystack

Charcoal drawing, signed and dated 1974

30.5 x 54cm

175 Brian Bell

Two photographs 1950, Portraits of the poet, James K. Baxter 250 x 185mm

176 Ian Scott Lattice 1978

Silkscreen print, numbered 38 / 65 , inscribed , signed and dated 1978 in pencil 880 x 740mm

177 Robert Ellis Te Rawhiti

Woodblock print 14 / 33, inscribed , signed and dated 1975 620 x 690mm Lot 215

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178 John Lethbridge

New Zealand Stilled Life

Screenprint 11 10 , inscribed , signed and dated 1971

179 Mervyn Williams

Untitled screenprint c. 1965, signed 570 x 450mm

180 Patrick Hanly

Inside the Garden

Screenprint and watercolour, from the multiple series publd by Barry Lett Gallery c. 1965 430 x 520mm

181 Another copy

182 Salvador Dali

Five colour litho illustration s to Dante's Divine Comedy on RFK Rives mould-made paper, framed 255 x 175mm each

183 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Eleven colour litho reprodu ctions with text by Michael Melot of the Bibliotheque Nationale. Publd by The Toulouse-Lautrec Circle in a limited edition of 1250 copies of which thi s is number 1031. Folio, in slip cover as issued.

184 Colin McCahon

Puketutu, Manukau

Three lithographs and title page from an edition of 100 publd by Peter Webb 1957 215 x 266mm

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185 Colin McCahon Van Gogh

Four lithographs and title after poems by John Caselberg publd by the artist 1957

355 x 250mm

186 Gabrielle Hope View of Mt Victoria from Forrest Hill , North Shore

Lithograph edit 100 , publd by Peter Webb 1957

248 x 356mm

187 Ian McDonald Swamp Forest , South Okarito

Colour photograph , sign ed on mount

390 x 380mm

188 Jan Evans Garden Table and Chair Gouache , signed and dated 19 78

37 x 53cm

189 Glenda Randerson Plant Study

Pe ncil , sign ed and dated 1979

43 x 48cm

190 Andy Warhol 'Vote McGovern ' a Portrait of Richard Nixon

Silkscreen print , edit 99 / 250 pub. by the artist 1972 , inscribed , signed and dated in ink on reverse 1680 x 1650mm

191 Barry <;leavin Hors D oeuvre

Etching 17130 , signed and dat ed 1973

297 x 395mm

192 Barry Cleavin Lady of the Flowers

Etching 17/ 30 , signed and dat ed 1 972

395 x 295mm

193 Barry Cleavin Strange Habits

Etching 17/ 30 , signed and dat ed 1 972

395 x 295mm

194 Barry Cleavin Floral Tribute

Etching 17130 , signed and dated 1972

195 A collection of 10 New Zealand posters designed by Pat Hanly, Michael Smither, Don Binney , Robin White, Stanley Palmer and Barry Cleavin , with another by Hundertwasser (11)

196 Richard Killeen

Untitled drawi ng

Acrylic on oil paper

50 x 40cm 12

197 Gavin Chilcott

Spelling it Out

Coloured pencil on board , inscribed , signed and dated 1977 in pencil 77.5 x 87.5cm

198 David Armitage

Two Lemons

Watercolour , signed and dated 1975 in pencil 21 x 24cm

199 Denys Watkins Seasonable Weather

Pen and watercolour , signed and dated in pencil

30 5 x 45cm

200 Douglas McDiarmid Conversation VI

Pastel and acrylic on paper , inscrib ed , signed and dated 1970 in ink

47 x 64cm

201 Jonathon White Mt Kuri, Wilkin River Oil on board , signed and dated 1973

202 A~el Younghusband Violets Oil on board, signed 32 x 34cm

20,'1 Hildegarde Wiek J Portrait of Polynesian Woman

Pastel, initialled

67 x 52 5cm

204 John Papas Mountains of Cairngorm

Acrylic on pastel, signed 60 x 45cm ·

205 Nicolai Michoutouchkine Wharf Scene , Auckland Oil on board , signed

x 60cm

206 Garth Tapper Kotanui before the storm Oil on board, signed

x 55cm

207 Nigel Brown Go Weep for the Land Oil on hardboard , signed and dated 1977 , title inscribed on reverse 82 x 118cm

208 Jeffrey Harris Two Figures I

Gouache , signed and dated 1975 in ink

12.5 x 16.7cm

209 Jan Evans Bus Stop Oil on board , signed and dated 1973 106 x 91cm

210 Allan Maddox Untitled Painting from the A.M Series

on softboard 158 x 123cm

211 Rob Taylor Mythic Amid the Roots

on board , signed and dated 1974

x 90cm

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212 Philip Clairmont Red Chair Oil on hardboard , s igned on reverse 122 x 121cm

21 '1 Raymond Harris Ching J Study of a Seagull in Fli g ht

Watercolour , signed and dated 1963 in ink

8 5 x 18.5cm

214 Doris Lusk Portrait Study of a Maori Woman

Charcoal , signed and dated 1971

35.5 x 27cm

215 Peter Siddell Landscape with Tombstones

Acrylic on hardboard , signed and dated 1975 59 x 80cm (Illustrated)

216 Peter Siddell Boy and Old Villa in Landscape Oil on board , signed and dated 1971 59 x 80cm

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217 Robin White Sam Hunt at the Portobello Pub Oil on canvas, inscribed , signed and dated 1978 139 x 201cm (Illustrated)

218 Patrick Hanly Inside the Garden (18)

Gouache , inscribed , signed and dated 1968 in ink 54 x 55cm

219 Patrick Hanly Torso

Enamel on hardboard , signed and dated 1977 91 X 91cm

220 Michael Smither

Rock Painting with Grasshopper Oil on board, signed on reverse with initials and dated 1978 88 x 119cm

Inscribed on reverse is a letter to the purchasers in which the artist states that 'I have laboured over this work and it is probably my last rock work' (Illustrated)

221 Michael Smither Interior with Still Life Oil on board , signed and dated 1965 122 x 91cm

222 Michael Smither Untitled Landscape Oil on board , signed 30 x 40cm

223 Gretchen Albrecht Cerise Sky

Acrylic on canvas , signed and dated 1973 176 x 122cm

224 Gretchen Albrecht

Dark Winter Landscape

Acrylic on canvas , signed and dated July 1972 151 x 120cm

225 Michael Illingworth

Eve Figure in Landscape Oil on canvas , inscribed , signed and dated 1967 on reverse 115 x 99.5cm

226 Michael Illingworth Adam and the Gun Oil on canvas 94 x 120cm

227 Philip Trusttum

Untitled Acrylic on canvas , signed, circa 1976 187 x 120cm

228 Philip Trusttum

The Necklace Oil and pva on hardboard , inscribed , signed and dated 1965 on reverse 238 X 121cm

Exhibited Contemporary New Zealand Painting 1965 Auckland City Art Gallery

229 Philip Trusttum

Untitled Painting Oil , pva and collage on hardboard , inscribed , signed and dated 1965 / 66 on reverse 225 x 112cm

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Philip Trusttum

Untitled Gouache and acrylic on paper, signed 75 .5 x 55.5cm

231 Ro~s. Ritchie

Ongm

Acrylic and oil on hardboard with construction , signed and dated 1965 on reverse 182 x 121cm

Exhibited; catalogue No.33 Eight New Zealand Artists Auckland City Art Gallery 1965

232 John Weeks Still Life With Pumpkin and Marrows Oil on panel , signed

(See cover illustration) 62.5 x 50cm

233 Sir Mountford T osswill Woollaston

Seated Mother with Child in her Lap (Mrs H.C. Fryer and her son)

Charcoal on grey paper, c. 1937 43 x 48cm

234 Sir Mountford T osswill Woollaston

Man seated on Floor

Pen drawing, signed and dated 1956

Verso; Male portrait in pencil 375 x 265mm

235 Sir Mountford T osswill Woollaston

Cloud on Mountains Oil on hardboard 89.5 x 120cm

236

Colin McCahon "Practical Religion"

A Quotation from James , Chpt.3, V.13

Acrylic on paper , inscribed , signed and dated Sept 8 1969 155 x 54cm

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Colin McCahon

Madame Cezanne at Titirangi

Charcoal drawing , inscribed , signed and dated 1953 in pencil 55 x 75cm (Illustrated)

Peter Webb Galleries Ltd.

T. & G. Building, Cnr. Elliott & Wellesley Streets P O. Box 7008, Auckland 1. Telephone 734-404

As from this sale and for all future Art Sales Peter Webb Galleries is adopting the overseas practice of publishing its estimates of the prices likely to be realized for all the lots in the catalogue.

The estimates are intended as a guide for prospective purchasers Lots may be sold below or above estimates depending on the degree of competition for them.

If instructed, the auctioneers will carry out bidding for intending purchasers. The service is free and all bids are treated in strict confidence. Lots will be bought as cheaply as the room bids allow and with regard to any reserves placed upon them by the sellers.

SALE OF PAINTINGS THURSDAY 18th MARCH 1982

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T. & G. Building, Cnr. Elliott & Wellesley Streets

P.O Box 7008, Auckland 1. Telephone 734-404

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MARCH 24 and APRIL 28, 1982

Antique Furniture , Jewellery, Silver, Porcelain, Oriental Rugs , Ivories and Collectors' Items

MAY 27, 1982

A First National Sale of Musical Instruments including

An important 18th Century Harp by Erard of Paris , c. 1798 in good playing condition , fully restored by Morley's of London and valuable stringed , woodwind and brass instruments , suitable entries acceptable until April 30th

Enquiries should be directed to Mr Colin Smith, Peter Webb Galleries , P O. Box 7008 , Auckland 1.

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