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FINE PAINTINGS December 7th 1983

Conditions of Sale

Estimates

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Sale Number 54

Webb's Catalogue of

Important Victorian Paintings The Property of Lion Breweries Limited and

Fine New Zealand and European Contemporary and Historical Paintings from various private collections to be sold on

Wednesday 7th December, 1983 at 7 p.m. in the Ballroom of the Sheraton Hotel, Symonds Street, Auckland Viewing: The catalogue can be viewed in our gal lery saleroom in the T. & G. Bu ilding, Corner of Ell iott and Wellesley Streets Auckland at the following times

Thursday & Friday 1st & 2nd December 9am - 6pm Sunday 4th December 11am - 3pm Monday & Tuesday 5th & 6th December 9am - 6pm . NB: No Viewing Saturday or Day of Sale

Peter Webb Galleries Limited Fine Art Auctioneers & Appraisers T & G Buil d ing Corner Wellesley & E ll iot St PO Box 7008 Telephone 734-404 Auckla nd

Paintings from the collection of Lion Breweries Ltd. 1

John Macintosh Madden

1856-1923 Lake and Mountains, South Island, New Zealand oil on canvas signed 76 x 127 cm Illustrated 6,000 - 8,000

David James fl. 1881-1892 Seascape oil on canvas signed and dated 1885 61 x 127 cm Four marine studies by David James appeared in the Royal Academy between 1886 and 1897. James was highly regarded for the realism he introduced in his painting of waves. Much of his work was done on the coast of Cornwall. Illustrated 4,000 - 6,000

Edward Wilkins Waite. RBA . Landscape with Harvesters

fl. 1878-c.1927

oil on canvas 91.5x127cm With original 19th Century gilt gesso frame Works by David Waite were first accepted by the Royal Academy in 1878. They were then selected for hanging almost every year until 1903, a total of thirty-three paintings and drawings over twenty-three separate seasons. Illustrated

6,000 - 9,000

Henry Dawson 1811-1878 The Wooden Walls of Old England oil on canvas signed with initials H .D. and dated 1854 91.5x147cm With original 19th Century gilt frame Between 1838 and 1874 a total of twentyeight works by Henry Dawson were accepted and hung by the Royal Academy. It is said that his work , mostly marine and coastal scenes, was not popular with the R.A. Hanging Committee, who placed them badly. Works by Dawson are in many collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum , London , the Birmingham Gallery, and the Nottingham Gallery. Illustrated 8,000 - 12,000

Delapoer Downing fl. 1886-1902 The Dancing Girl oil on canvas signed 114x71cm With original 19th Century gilt frame Very little is known of the life of Delapoer Downing , a painter of the latter part of the Victorian era. It is recorded that seven of his paintings were accepted for exhibition by the Royal Academy between 1886 and 1902. The majority had intriguing titles such as "Tempting", "Marriage in the Fleet", "How it happened , 1887" and "Two's Company, Three's Nine". Illustrated 5,000 - 8,000

John William Godward RBA

1861-1922 The Delphic Oracle oil on canvas signed and dated 1899 228 x 114 cm John Godward , a British neo-classical painter exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1887. His easily recogn isable style owed much to Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema whom he followed . This large canvas is a very important work by the artist. Illustrated 50,000 - 75,000

Sir William Ernest ReynoldsStephens 1862-1943 Summer oil on canvas signed and dated 1891 152 x 305 cm With original 19th Century gilt frame Born William Stephens of British parents in Detroit, Michigan , U.S.A. this artist

added the name of Reynolds by deed poll during 1890. Reynolds-Stephens studied at the Royal Academy as a painter from 1885 and it was from the Academy that he received a commission to execute a mural decoration "Summer" for the refreshment room of the Exhibition Galleries. Completed in 1891 "Summer" was exhibited by the Royal Academy that year, and gained an honourable mention at the

Salon in Paris. It also won the artist a gold medal at the International Exhibition in San Francisco in 1894. Nothing further is known of the painting's history except that it was brought to New Zealand by Sir Ernest Davis to decorate one of his Company's hotels at the turn of the Century. Reynolds-Stephens was elected President of the Royal Society of British

Sculptors in 1921 and received his knighthood in 1931 . He remains one of England's foremost nee-classical artists and this painting is undoubtedly his most important work on canvas. Sir William Reynold-Stephens died at Tunbridge Wells in 1943. 111 ustrated 60,000 - 80,000

William Mellor 1851-1931 Landscape with Falls oil on canvas signed 127 x 101 cm With original 19th Century gilf frame Little is recorded of the artist William Mellow although his works appear frequently in the London salesrooms. His pleasant renderings of landscape subjects has made his work popular. 111 ustrated 6,000 - 9,000

Arnold Helcke fl. 1865-1898 Two Fishing Boats and Three Figures oil on canvas signed and dated 1890 61 x 112 cm Arnold Helcke was best known as a painter of seascapes around the Channel Islands and the coasts of Britain and France. His works were selected for the Royal Academy almost every year from 1880 to 1897 with 23 paintings hung during the period . Illustrated 2,000 - 3,000

Gustave de Breanskl fl. 1877-1892 Squally Weather - Bringing in a Schooner oil on canvas signed 76x 127cm de Breanski is presumed to be the son of Alfred de Breanski. Both painted landscapes and specialised in highland views, coastal scenes and views of the Thames. Gustave de Breanski had seven of his works exhibited by the Royal Academy between 1878 and 1887. Illustrated

4,000 - 6,000

Paintings from private collections

Edward Burra b. 1905 The Barmaid watercolour c. 1934 49 x 49 cm verso: Three figure studies in ink Collection : Mr and Mrs Geoffrey Rix-Trott, Auckland . Geoffrey Ri x-Trott worked for the architectural firm of Curtis Green in London between 1933 and 1935 when he purchased this painting from an exhibition at the Leicester Galleries in 1835. Bears original frame and label of Ernest Brown & Phillips, The Leicester Galleries, London . Illustrated 10,000 - 12,000

Jim Dine b. 1935 Wallchart Painting over litho line drawing with additional collage elements stamped , unique state I and signed and dated 1974 in pencil 122 x 89 cm Exhibitions: Jim Dine, Barrington Gallery, Auckland 1976. Illustrated 25,000 - 35,000

13 Jim Dine A pure self portrait (Red Bathrobe ) colour lithograph 1969 on white wove paper state proof, seven variants signed and dated 1969 in pencil 135x97c m Reference: Christie's New York Contemporary Prints Catalogue May 1981 Sale 5054. lot 8 Illustrated 6000- 8000

14 Lois White b.1903 Jonah and the Great Fish oil on canvas signed 54.5 x 37 cm Illustrated 2500- 3500

Douglas Badcock b.1922 Mt Tuhawaiki, Lower Hollyford Valley oil on canvas 1970 signed 45 x 60 cm 600-800

Louise Henderson Pub Party gouache over charcoal 68 x 42 cm Reproductions: New Zealand Painting since 1960 Peter Cape p181 600- 800

Ralph Hotere b.1931 Winter Solstice, Lake Mahinirangi acrylic on paper signed , title inscribed and dated 1981 56.7 x 38 cm 350- 450

Patrick Hanly b.1932 New Order 18 oil on canvas titled inscribed on stretcher in ink and dated 1963 74x67cm 111 ustrated 2000- 3000

Patrick Hanly Figure in Light 19 oil on hardboard signed and dated 1964 56.5 x 54.5 cm Illustrated 2000- 3000

Robert Ellls b.1929 Te Rawhiti

oil on canvas signed and dated 1974 152.5 x 152.5 cm Illustrated 2000- 2500

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Colin McCahon b.1919 Jump (E 16)

oil on jute canvas signed with initials, title inscribed and dated 1974 92 x 42 cm 2000- 2500

Colin McCahon Yellow and black hillside May/ June 1964

oil on hardboard signed and dated 54.4 x 45 cm 111 ustrated 4000- 5000

Colin McCahon A bush covered hill

oil on hardboard signed and dated Jan/ Oct 1966 30 x 30 cm 1200 - 1500

Colin McCahon Small bush covered hillside

oil on hardboard signed and dated Jan/ Oct 1966 30 x 30 cm 1200 - 1500

Colin McCahon Truth from the King Country: Small Mysteries, The Seven Wounds acrylic on board signed , title inscribed and dated 1978 on reverse 22.5 x 30.3 cm 900 - 1200

Evelyn Polson (Page)

The Old Bookshop oil on board sign ed and dated 1922 45 x 36 cm Illustrated 1600 - 2000

Evelyn Page b.1899 Seated female nude charcoal study sign ed 36 x 24 c m 300 - 350

Gabrielle Hope

Still Life with Grapes gouache signed and dated 1958 in brushpoint 54.5 x 45 cm 700 - 900

Philip Trusttum

Abstract composit ion acry lic on paper c. 1975 signed in brushpoint 20 x 25 c m 350 - 500

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Paul Beadle

The Prisoner bronze signed with monogram 10 x 13 x 8cm 800 - 1000

Keith Patterson

Tomenta de Verano gouache signed and dated 1964 in brushpoint 45.5 x 61 .5 cm 600 - 800

Keith Patterson

Puerto Barso la lluvia gouache signed and dated in brushpoint 45.5 x 61 .5 cm 600-800

John Arthur Lomax 1857-1923

The Chess Game oil in canvas 49.5 x 57 cm Illustrated 2000 - 3000

Grace Jane Joel 1865-1924 Self Portrait. c.1897 oil on canvas signed 46x41cm Exhibited: Grace Joel Drawings and Paintings. Dunedin City Art Gallery. Cat. 16. p. 14 111 ustrated

5000- 7000

Petrus van der Velden 1837-1913 Sketch of a Dutch Boy watercolour

42 x 33 cm Reference and Illustration: Petrus van der Velden . Dr T.L. Rodney Wilson Vol.I1.p.83 Collection : W.S. Baverstock , Christchurch Exhibitions: The Art of Petrus van der Velden . Robert McDougall Art Gallery 1963. cat.78 The origins of Frances Hodgkins . 1969 cat.39 111 ustrated

3500- 4500

John Weeks 1888-1965 The Pont Neuf. Paris oil on board signed

40 x 50 cm 111 ustrated

3000- 4000

Girolamo Piero Nerli 1863-1926 Portrait of a Young Lady, Dunedin oil on canvas signed 91.5 x 61 cm This painting was formerly the property of Mr J . Muir of Oamaru who won it in an Art Union . The subject was understood to be the daughter of a well known Dunedin publican . Illustrated 10,000 - 12,000

Girolamo Piero Nerli The Blacksmith oil on canvas signed 160.5 x 71 .5 cm Collection : Mr & Mrs W. Crombie, Gore. Illustrated 12000 - 15000

Frances Mary Hodgkins 1869-1947

Maori Girl with Daisies watercolour signed F.H. in monogram and dated 1898, in brushpoint 46.2 x 32 cm Exhibitions: The Origins of Frances Hodgkins. Hocken Library. 1969. cat.65 Illustration : Idem . cover Reference: Works.of Frances Hodgkins in New Zealand . Dr E.H. McCormick. 1954 cat.92. Page 146 Illustrated 18,000 - 25,000

40 Charles Blomfield 1848-1926 Te Aroha and the Upper Thames

oil on canvas title inscribed and signed in ink in the artist's hand on faded label on stretcher 35.7 x 60.9 cm Illustrated 4000- 5000

Charles Blomfield

The White Terraces oil on canvas signed and dated 1885 42 x 57 cm Illustrated 3000-5000

Charles Blomfield Sulpha Point Rotorua from the Baths oil on canvas signed and dated 1903 title inscribed in pencil on stretcher 50.5 x 76.5 cm 111 ustrated 4000- 6000

Charles Blomfield South Island Lake Scene New Zealand oil on canvas signed and dated 1888 20 x 35.5 cm 1200 - 1800

John Barr Clarke Hoyte 1835-1913 Camp Site. The Remarkables Nr. Queenstown watercolour signed J .C.H. in brushpoint 60 x 33.5 cm Illustrated 3000- 4000

45 Henry William Kirkwood 1854-1925 Mercury Island New Zealand oil on canvas signed and title inscribed 61 x 89 cm Illustrated

3500- 4500

Sydney Lough Thompson

1877-1973 Archway, South of France oil on canvas signed 45 x 38 cm Illustrated

3500- 4500

Sydney Lough Thompson Portrait of a Young Breton Woman oil on canvas signed and dated 1905 55 x 33 cm Illustrated 4000- 6000

Sydney Lough Thompson Autumn Evening . Concarneaux. Brittany oil on canvas signed 45.5 x 52.5 cm_ Illustrated 4500-5500

49 Nicholas Chevalier 1828-1902 A View of Mount Cook oil on canvas signed with the artist's monogram N.C. and dated 1868 14.5 x 19 cm Illustrated

4000- 6000

50 William Mathew Hodgkins 1839-1898

The Mitre Peak, Milford Sound watercolour signed and dated 1888 in brushpoint 28 x 50 cm Illustrated

5000- 7000

John Femeley Snr. 1782-1860 Inscribed J. Fearneley, Melton Mowbray 1824 86.5 x 120 cm Mr McKenzies' prize-winning bullock which legend records was driven from Inverness to Melton Mowbray to be painted. Around 1859 the painting was sent to New Zealand to the McKenzie family of Glenkenock, near Tapanui , Otago. Illustrated

4000-6000

Basile de Loose 1809-1885 The Lacemakers oil on canvas signed and dated 1858 83 x 70 cm 111 ustrated 20,000 - 25,000

Charles Frederick Goldie 1870-1947 'Perplexity' Ngaheke. A Chieftainess of the Arawa Tribe, Ngaheke, Rotorua. oil on canvas signed and dated 1935 27 x 21.5 cm Title inscribed on original label pasted to back of the original black stained kauri frame . Reproduced: C.F. Goldie, His Life and Painting , Alister Taylor 1977. p.275 Provenance: acquired by John Leech Gallery about 1940 where it was being sold on behalf of the Goldie family. Illustrated 14000 - 16000

John Weeks Three nudes and black cat in cubist garden oil on board signed 39 x 50 cm Illustrated

4000- 5000

Rita Angus c.1955 Northern Landscape oil on canvas on board signed 42 x 30 cm This oil is a view of the inner harbour at Mangonui. It represents Rita Angus's attitude at the time towards the forms and forces of nature. The land is pictured as a feminine principle, while the air and sky allude to the masculine. The face in the clouds is a symbolic sign for an indigenous wind-god. A watercolour study of the same view dated 1955, is in the collection of the Auckland City Art Gallery. Oils from the years 1950-1955 are rare in Rita Angus's oeuvre. Illustrated 10,000 - 15,000

Hermanus Koekkoek the Elder

1815-1882 Fishing Boats in a squall oil on panel signed H.K. and dated 1884 22.5 x 29 cm Illustrated 9000- 12000

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W.A. Shackleton The Jester oil on canvas signed 57.5 x 74 cm 111 ustrated 1800- 2500

David Farquharson 1839-1907 From Birnam Wood to Dunsinane A distant view of Perth from the Sidlaw Hills oil on canvas signed and dated 1891 121 x 182 cm Dunsinane was the site of Macbeth 's castle in Shakespeare's drama . This painting was formerly in the James Tannoch Mckelvie collection in the Auckland City Art Gallery and was sold with a number of other works from the collection in 1971 . The title for the painting comes from the catalogue of the sale. Illustrated 10,000 - 15,000

J. Vickery A Study from Life Portrait of a man with a white beard oil on canvas signed and dated 1873 85 x 67 cm oval 2000-3000

oil on board signed 33 .5 x 23 cm 1500- 2000

John Weeks Buildings London

E. Mervyn Taylor Beach Store, Momorangi Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound

watercolour signed and dated 1955 in brushpoint 33 x 45 cm 800 - 1000

oil on board signed 50 x 40 cm 1000-1500

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Edward Fristrom Pohutakawa Trees on Hillside

Edward Fristrom Estuary with Dinghy

E. Mervyn Taylor The Hollow Tree watercolour signed in brushpoint 45 x 60 cm 800 - 1000

oil on canvas on board signed 25 x 28.5 cm 1500 - 2000

Herbert Tornquist Stockyards, Coromandel oil on board signed 40 x 45 cm 400-600

Petrus van der Velden Moonlight landscape charcoal drawing signed 25 x 35.5 cm

Margaret Olrog Stoddard A woodland scene

gouache signed in brushpoint 25 x 35 cm 2000-3000

Frank Wright Cecil and Water Peaks watercolour signed in brushpoint 24 x 36 cm Reproduction : 'New Zealand ' F. & W. Wright and W.P. Reeves, 1908 p.176 800 - 1000

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Maude W. Sherwood 1880-1956 Portrait of a woman with black hair watercolour signed in brushpoint 35 x 27 cm Illustrated 2000- 3000

Tom Peerless

South Island Mountain Scene watercolour signed in brushpoint 35 x 48 cm 1200 - 1600

Petrus van der Velden

Windmill oil study on board certified by Gerrit van der Velden 23 x 29 cm 2000 - 2500

James Peele 1847-1905 The Teremakau River in Flood oil on board signed and dated 1874 44.5 x 80 cm Illustrated 8000 - 10,000

Charles Blomfield

The Diamond Lake, Whakatipu district from a spur of Mt Earnslaw oil on canvas signed and dated 1884 42 x 57 cm An interesting feature of this painting is the artist's depiction of himself (or another artist) painting while being watched by inquisitive cows. Illustrated 5000- 7000

signed and dated 1939 41x52cm 350-450

Clarke Stanton A young lady considering a soldier's after dinner proposals watercolour signed in brushpoint 45 x 59 cm 700-900

John Weeks A Bridge on the Thames with Barge

oil on paper signed and dated 1926 25 x 34,5 cm Illustrated 1600-2000

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George Robert Rushton d.1948 The Flower Market

85 William Callow (attrbtd.) 1812-1908 Church of St. Jacques, Dieppe sepia wash drawing dated 1848 in brushpoint Collection: W.S. Baverstock, Christchurch 400-500

oil on canvas signed and dated 1899 20 x 90 cm 1000-1500

Esther Mullett Snowy Hillscape with Travellers oil on canvas signed 61 x 91 cm 1200-1500

Doreen Slater Still Life watercolour

Herbert Ashwin Budd Portrait of a Lady with a Book oil on canvas signed and dated 1921 90x74cm 500-600

George Blackie Sticks 1843-1938 Lochnagar

Herbert Ashwin Budd Portrait of a Baby oil on canvas signed and dated 1921 90 x 70 cm 500-600

Herbert Ashwin Budd 1881-1950 Portrait of a Lady with a Black Cat signed and dated 1927 on stretcher 90 x 70 cm Illustrated 600-800

watercolour signed in brushpoint 39 x 57 cm 700- 900

19th Century British School Woodland Scene oil on canvas 60 x 50 cm 800- 1000

oil on board signed 43 x 34 cm 400- 500

Charles Neil Knight fl.1900 Noirmoutier oil on board signed and dated 1919 35 x 52 cm 400-600

Frances Irwin Hunt 1890-1981 A Shelf in the Glass House

Edward Duncan RWS 1803-1882 A group of men gathering ice watercolour signed and dated 1848 in brushpoint 33 x 51 cm 1000 - 1500

Betty Maud Fagan d.1932 Nurse and Baby

oil on canvas signed 98 x 76cm 800 - 1000

Ethel Louise Rawlins b.c.1880 Farm sheds

watercolour signed 25 x 36 cm 300-400

oil on canvas signed 63 x 76 cm 700- 900

M. Schultz-Part Zugspritzen Mountain Landscape oil on canvas signed and dated 1922 73 x 86 cm 500-900

John Kinder 1819-1903 Croxden Abbey, Staffordshire pen and wash drawing inscribed and dated 1850 29 x 23 cm 600-800

Dirk Smorenberg b.1883 Sunflowers c.1925 oil on board 93 x 108 cm 800 - 1000

Petrus van der Velden Dutch Girl watercolour and charcoal drawing 32 x 24 cm Collection : W.S. Baverstock, Christchurch Exhibitions: The Art of Petrus van der Velden . Robert McDougall Art Gallery 1963. The Origins of Frances Hodgkins cat.38. Hocken Library 1969 1000-1400

Carl Reiser b.1877 The Village Garmisch Partenkirchen oil on canvas signed and dated 1923 78 x 98 cm 2000-2500

Eleanor Hughes b.1882 N.Z. Rocky Coast with Poppies

John Weeks Abstract Composition gouache signed in brushpoint 34 x 45 cm Illustrated 2000-2500

E.Puk? Alpine Village Scene oil on board signed c .1930 49 x 67 cm 250-400

Guta Vardy Still Life with Window oil on board signed 110 x 75 cm Exhibited: Royal Academy 1965 Cat.no.474 600- 800

George Samuel Elgood 1851-1943 Woodland Scene watercolour signed 26 x 18 cm 350- 450

signed 41 .5x31 .5cm 900 - 1200

106

Edward William Payton 1859-1944 Pipiriki , WanganuiRiver oi I on canvas signed and dated 1925 33x51cm 1200 - 1500

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Robert Francis Pheney 1867-c.1943 Waitemata Harbour with sailing boats and a view of Stanley Bay and Devenport

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watercolour signed and dated 1922 in brushpoint 22 x 36 cm 850 - 1200

109

100 John McIntosh Madden On the Dart River, Otago

108

watercolour signed in brushpoint 37.5 x 55.5 cm 2000- 2500

101

Paul Varney Venice

109

William Miller Frazer 1864-1961 Landscape

110

112

Harold Septimus Power 1878-1951 Still life, Roses

Charles Nathaniel Worsley d. 1923 Whangaroa Harbour watercolour signed 34x74cm Illustrated 3000- 4000

Dixon Copes b.1914 (Aust.) Marigolds

oil on ca·nvas

Thomas Louden Drummond 1850-1926 Karekare, West Cost North Island

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oil on board signed 44.5 x 34 cm 500-600

105

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oil on canvas 48 x 84 cm 2000- 2500

John Barr Clarke Hoyte South Island Lake Scene watercolour signed with initials 24 x 35 cm 1600 - 2000

104

William George Baker 1869-1929 Buller Gorge oil on canvas signed 60 x 89.5 cm 111 ustrated 2000 - 3000

oil on board signed 27.8 x 36 cm 600 - 800

103

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watercolour A signature and date 1899? very faded but faintly discernable, lower left 18x27cm 850- 1000

oil on canvas signed 45 x 80 cm 1000 - 1500

102

James Mclaughlin Nairn 1859-1904 Boats, Wellington Harbour

Margaret Olrog Stoddard 1865-1934 Coastal Scene gouache signed in brushpoint 25 x 34.5 cm 1600- 2000

121

113

Archibald Frank Nicoll 1886-1952 Waitemata harbour, study oil on board signed and dated 1908 19.5 x 25 cm 800 - 1000

114

A. Aldis Mt Edgecombe. North Island New Zealand oil on canvas 24 x 34.5 cm 800 -1000

115

Robert Francis Pheney The Northern Roller Mills and the Customs House 1898 watercolour signed and dated 1898 in brushpoint 46 x 39 cm 1600- 2000

116

James Cook 1904-1960 Ghent Skyline

121

oil on board signed 25.5 x 33.5 cm 800 - 1000

117

E.W. Christmas A South Island Lake Scene New Zealand

oil on canvas signed 29 x 39 cm 400- 600

122

Paul J. Brocklebank Canterbury Plains

123

Alfred Ernest Baxter 1878-1936 Corsica watercolour signed in pencil 37 x 42 cm 350- 450

120

M.E.L. Engleheart Children of the Upper Nile watercolour signed 60 x 35.5 cm 350-450

Douglas McDiarmid Bridge across the Seine watercolour signed and dated 1956 in ink 32 x 49.5 cm 800 - 1000

oil on board signed and dated 1960 60 x 75 cm 300-500

119

W. Hounson Byles A Lady admires her reflection oil on canvas signed 36 x 23 cm 350- 500

oil on board signed and dated 1898 62 x 37 cm 800-1000

118

W. Hounson Byles RBA 1872-c.1924 Dancers at a masked ball

124

Peggy Spicer Boats at Mooring watercolour signed and dated 1962 in ink 52 x 64 cm 600-800

125

Claude Lorrain Ferneley 1822-1891 A horse fair watercolour signed and dated 1859 in ink 28 x 39.5 cm 500- 700

126

131

Ida Eise Magnolias oil on board signed and dated 1976 49.5 x 39.5 cm 300-400

oil on board signed 60 x 51 cm 500-700

127 Lawrence William Wilson Waimakariri River, West Coast Road watercolour signed and dated in brushpoint 16x 26cm 1000 - 1200

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134

oil on board signed with initials 15.5 x 38 cm 600- 700

Raymond Harris Ching Grey Warbler (painted life size) gouache on fawn paper titled signed and dated 1966 in pencil 35 x 35cm 3000- 5000

Minnie F. White Landscape near Whangarei oil on board signed 40 x 50 cm 400- 500

watercolour 28 x 38 cm 500-600

129 Henry WIiiiam Kirkwood Sunrise over a Lake

Selwyn Muru b.1939 Teko Teko oil on canvas on board 53 x 61 cm 300-500

128 Albert Henry Fullwood Above Berry's Bay N.S.W.

130

Lois White Rockface, Ohakuri

John Gibb 1831-1909 Morning off Cape Brett oil on canvas Signed and dated 1887 51 x 76 cm 111 ustrated 5000 - 7000

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A Sale of Important Musical Material and Rare and Valuable 18th & 19th Century Italian Stringed Instruments To be Sold in the Windsor Hotel, Melbourne on March 27th 1984 at 7.00pm The catalogue includes an extraordinary and unique collection of the personal papers and letters of the famous 19th century violinist Ferdinand David . This material has never before been offered for sale. The material has never been translated or published and is being offered for sale by a descendant of the David Family residing in New Zealand. The collection includes Directions from Felix Mendelssohn to Ferdinand David then Concert Master of the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig and a large number of letters from Joseph Joachim and many others, including Max Bruch and Fanny Mendelssohn. There are also letters of members of the David Family covering a period well into the 20th century. This collection also contains memorabilia both of the Da,vid Family and of Felix Mendelssohn, including ivory & silver batons etc. Illustrated catalogue $NZ10.00 post free upon publication

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