Important Contemporary & Historical New Zealand Paintings & European Paintings
1. The highest bidder to the purchaser , subject to the Auctioneers having a right to refuse the bidding of a n y 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
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5 All lots are sold as shown a nd with a ll faul ts, imp erfec ti ons , and errors to description. The Auctioneers act as agents; they have fu ll 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 ge nuin eness or a uth e n ticity of any lot or for fault or defect in it, and make no warranty whatever.
CONDITIONS OF SALE
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NEW ZEALAND PAINTINGS
from the collection of Mr & Mrs A.L. Mason of Auckland & other vendors.
HISTORICAL NEW ZEALAND & EUROPEAN PAINTINGS
THURSDAY 6 NOVEMBER at 6 P.M.
viewing: Saturday 18 October l0am-3 pm. Monday 20 to Wednesday 22 October, 9am-6pm.
T & G Building, Corner Elliot & Wellesley Street , Auckland 1. P.O. Box 7008 Telephones 373-090, 374-404 After Hours 371-607, 437-890, 606-361
Thursday 6th November 6 p.m.
1
Eric Lee-Johnson Harvest for a Hangi pen and watercolour signed and dated 1951 25 x 44 5 ems
2
William A. Sutton
Eroded Hills. Canterbury oil on canvas signed and dated 1948 61 x 73 cm
3 Margaret Olrog Stoddard Landscape near Christchurch watercolour signed in brushpoint 25 x 35 ems
4 James Turkington
Pipiwai Landscape oil on board signed 45 x SS ems
5 Charles Tole
Landscape Oil on board Signed and dated 1974 31 x 38 cm
6 James Cook Study of a Workman pencil signed and dated 1932 37 x 16.5 ems
7
Girolamo Pieri Nerli
The Tipler. Portrait of a Man oil study on canvas 55 x 39 cm illustrated
8 A. Lois White Dancing Girls
on canvas signed
x 39 cm
9 A. Lois White Lizards watercolour signed 20 x 50 cm
10 A. Lois White Hunter resting watercolour signed 30 x 34 cm
11
Evelyn Page Nude
Watercolour Signed in pencil 39 x 45.5 cm
12
John Weeks OBE
Venice watercolour 30 x 31.5 cm
Provenance: the artist 's estate
13 Adele Younghusband Beach Houses. North Auckland oil on canvas signed and dated 1936 61.5 x 76.5 cm
14 Rudolf Copas Portrait of an old Lady pen and watercolour 42.5 x 32 cm
15 Rita Angus Taradale. Hawkes Bay oil on hardboard signed 59 x 59 cm
This painting is widely acknowledged to be one of the artist's finest works. It was executed late in the artist's life and it demonstrates her last oil painting method , following an old master technique whereby surface colours are under-painted with their complementary colours to give luminosity and richness.
Collections: Peter Webb, Kim Wright , Barry Lett ,see cover illustration.
16 Rita Angus Sheds. Hawkes Bay oil on hardboard signed
58.5 x 60 cm illustrated
17 Raymond McIntyre The Red Bus oil on panel s igned
36.2 x 31.2 cm
Provenance: The Mulgan Collection England
Illustrated: Cover illustration Art New Zealand No. 10 1978 illustrated
18 Raymond McIntyre
La Somme
oil on panel. circa 1915 titled and signed in full in the artist 's hand on lab e l on back
29 2 x 20 ems
Provenance: the artist's family, England
Illustrated: Art New Zealand No. 1. 1976 illustrated
19 Raymond McIntyre
Portrait of a Young Girl oil on panel signed with monogram
title inscribed and signed and dated 1915 in the artist 's hand on back
29.2 x 20 cm
Provenance: the artist 's family, England illustrated
20 Raymond McIntyre Street Scene with three figures oil study on board signed 29.2 x 20.2 cm
21 Raymond McIntyre Woman with Teacup etching signed and dated on plate 1917 12.3 x 8.4 cm
22
Frances Mary Hodgkins Cut Melons oil on board signed 54 x 65 cm
Exhibited: Paris Salon 1938 illustrated
23 Franc, s Mary Hodgkins Boat Harbour. Holland signed with initials and dated 1907 in brushpoint 49 .5 x 73 cm illustrated
25
Frances Mary Hodgkins Woman in Large Hat seated at a Dining Table gouache and pencil signed in pencil 41 x 33 cm illustrated
26
Frances Mary Hodgkins · Still Life. Ginger Jar and Bananas watercolour signed with monogram and dated 1901 in brushpoint 22 x 38 cm
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2 7 Colin McCahon Necessary Protection acrylic on paper
25 inscribed Necessary Protection, Nov ' 71 Muriwai (blue and brown) McCahon , m pencil 170 x 72 ems illustrated
28
Colin McCahon Drawing from Please May I Go Out by Peter Hooper Crayon on brown board Signed and dated 1969 150 x 55 cm
29
Don Binney Long Road. Wainamu oil on canvas 172 x 148 cm illustrated
3 0
Don Binney West Coast with Shining Cuckoo Oil on board Signed 121.5 x 152.5 cm illustrated
31
Robin White Mana Railway Station oil on canvas , triptych 119 x 180 cm
Collection: Peggy and Dr. Martin Finlay Exhibitions: New Zealand Young Contemporaries Auckland City Art Gallery 1971 Cat. 37 illustrated
3 2
Michael Illingworth Tawera and Deity with Landscape and Flowers oil on canvas titled , signed and dated 1967 on back of canvas 101.5 x 92.5 cm
in Landscape
4 2 Milan Mrk usich
43 Ross Ritchie " Four Days" enamel on hardboard
202 x 202 cm
Exhibited: 10 years of New Zealand painting in Auckland. City Art Gallery 1964. Contemporary New Zealand painting 1965. Commonwealth Institute. London. Catalogue no 57
44
Alvin Ernest Pankhurst Urban Sprawl tempera on hardboard
190 x 120 cm
Collection: Peggy and Dr Martin Finlay Exhibitions: Benson & Hedges Art Award finalist 1970. Cat 21 illustrated
45
Geoffrey T h ornley Albus Vertical No 13 Acrylic on canvas Signed and dated 1974 on reverse 175 x 54 cm
46 Gordon Walters Painting No 8 acrylic on hardboard signed and dated 1965 on reverse 69 x 92 ems
4 7
Philip T rusttum Untitled Painting acrylic on hardboard title inscribed, signed and dated 1966 on back 250 x 120 cm
48 Philip Trusttum " Ticket " acrylic on duck canvas signed and datei1978
4 9
Philip T rusttum Garden Series. Untitled Oil on board 57 x 45 cm
So Philip Trusttum Totem 1974 Oil on board
Signed with initials and dated 1974
75 x 90.5 cm
51
Philip Clairmont Chair
Oil and acrylic on jute Signed and dated 1978
150 x 93 cm
5 2
Philip Clairmont
Intimate reflections (Fi rst Study fa triptych) .,: Mixed media , title inscribed , signed and dated October 1974
39.5 x 58 5 cm
53
Philip Clairmont Washbasin with Taps and Exterior Plumbing
Pen and gouac h e titl e inscribed , s ign ed and dated 1974
42.5 x 35.5 c m
54
Philip Clairmont
Interior of a Room working drawing for painting in th e Collection of Gavett Brewster Art Gallery graphi t e title inscribed , signed and dated June 1970 65 x 98 ems
55
Philip Clairmont Mental Hospital Orderly mixed media , signed 27 5 x 18 cm
56
Petrus van der Velden
Marken Funeral Procession 1872 oil on canvas signed 53 x 76 ems illustrated Lot 56
5 7
Petrus van der Velden
Portrait of an Old Man in Dutch Costume gouache signed in brushpoint
54 x 34 5 cm illustrated
59
Petrus van der Velden
Study of a Young Woman in Dutch Costume watercolour with authentification signed by Gerritt van der Ve/den
35.5 x 19 cm
58
Petrus Van der Velden Evening Landscape Watercolour
37 x 62 cm
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62 Rei Hamon Epitaph
Indian ink drawing signed and dated 1970
54 x 79 cm
Illustrated: Rei Hamon , Artist of the New Zealand Bush Collins 1971 pages 42, 43, 50 and 51
The fallen pohutakawa depicted in this work lay on the beach near Thornton's Bay , Thames Coast. Rei Hamon executed the work in memory of his mother and considered it one of his most significant drawings. illustrated
63 Rei Hamon Kawa Kawa Leaf
pen drawing signed and dated 1970 140 x 110 mm
64 Christopher Perkins Head of a Maori Girl
charcoal signed with initials and dated 1932
40 x 33.5 cm
Illustrated: Art New Zealand No.1 1976 illustrated
60
Petrus van der Velden Oil study. Konini Berry New Zealand oil on board
Certificate of authentification signed by Gerritt van der Ve/den 1922
60 x 45 ems
61 Petrus van der Velden
Double-sided pencil and watercolour studies
recto: A Study of Roofs , Wellington
verso: A Scow at Anchor
29 x 22 mms
Illustrated: Petrus van der Velden , A Catalogue Raisonne by T.L. Rodney Wilson Catalogue no. 4 .1.1. 4
64A Christopher Perkins Figure Study
Pen and wash Signed and dated 1926
31.5 x 24.5 cm
Thursday 6th November 6 p.m.
Thursday 6th November 6 p.m.
65
Horace Moore Jones Portrait of a Young Lady in Green
x 60 cm Provenance: the artist's estate 66
Charles Frederick Goldie "Memories". Te Aita. Te Irikau An Arawa chieftainess
signed and dated 1911
66A
Charles Frederick Goldie The Betrayal of Christ
6 7
Charles Frderick Goldie Classical subject after Prudhon
signed and dated Paris 1907
74 Rev John Kinder Rotomahana with view of the Tarata watercolour title inscribed , signed with intials and dated January 16 1858 in pencil 26.5 x 37 cm
With this important historical work , the first recorded view of the subject, is an accompanying description in pencil in the artist 's hand taken from the back-board of the original frame The description begins : view of famous hot springs Rotomahana , New Zealand 1858 and describes in three paragraphs the subject of the painting illustrated
68
Charles Frederick Goldie Maori Portrait
69
Charles Frederick Goldie
70
Mildred Newitt Portrait of a Maori Man with Moko and Greenstone ear Pendant
71
Mildred Newitt
Portrait of a Maori Chief with Moko Greenstone ear Pendant and Tiki
72 Vera Cummings
Louis John Steele Interior of
75
Alfred Wilson Walsh Outer Rea c h , Queen Charlotte Sounds Watercolour Signed and dated 1907 26 x 38.5 cm
76
Charles Henry Howorth Bush Scene watercolour signed in brushpoint 55.5 x 38 ems
77
John Barr Clarke Hoyte Mt Egmont
watercolour signed and dated 1873 in pencil 38 x 64 cm illustrated
81 John Gully
Landscape near Nelson watercolour signed in brushpoint 37 x 58 ems
82 John Gully The Archway Island , Cape Farewell , New Zealand watercolour, signed in brushpoint 32 x 49 cm
83
Artist Unknown Pipi , Whakarawerawa
Watercolour , title inscribed and dated October 11th 1903 37 x 29 cm
84 Artist Unknown Young Maori Girl
watercolour 35 x 25 cm
85
Henry William Kirkwood Coastal Scene
Oil on board Signed with initials 26.5 x 37 cm
86 Salvador Dali " Moi aussi j'ai connu L' Empereur" (Even I have known the Emperor) Portrait of the young Picasso as Napoleon A rare artist's proof lithograph with additional pen drawing signed on plate and again on the margin in pencil
39 x 29 .5 cm plate size illustrated
78
John Barr Clarke Hoyte Mitre Peak
watercolour signed in brushpoint 57 x 39 cm
79
John Barr Clarke Hoyte Coastal Scene
watercolour signed in brushpoint
12.5 x 32 ems
80 John Gully
Landscape with River and Maori
Figure watercolour signed and dated 1875 in brushpoint 32 x 48 ems illustrated
8
7
Salvador Dali
The Song of Songs of King Solomon 12 original coloured engravings with printed text
page size: 565 x 383 mm
Each plate sig ned on the margin in pencil, in royal blue cloth covered portfolio. The slip case mounted with a bronze medalion designed by Dali and having the artist's signature go ld s t amped. Number 106 .of an edition limited to 250 copies
Published by Leon Amie] , New York, 1971
88
Salvador Dali
Litho gra ph from Don Quixote series artist's proof s ign ed on the margin
254 x 182 mm plate size
89
Salvador Dali
Lithograph from Don Quixote ser ie s artist's proof signed o n the margin 54 x 182 mm plate size
90 Patrick Caulfield
Twenty-two screen-pri nted images for some poems by Jules Laforgue. Number 94 of an edition limited to 100 sets.
Each image signed on margin in pencil
61 x 55.7 cm page size.
In grey leather covered box as issued. Published by Petersburg Press , London.
91
Pablo Picasso
Pl 39 Illu stration for La Celestine, 1971
Sugar Aquatint Edition 316 1350
12 x 6.5 cm
92
Pablo Picasso
Illustration for La Celestine 1971 sugar aquatint. Edition 3161350
12 x 6.5 cm
3 Karel Appel
Untitled. Abstract Figure Coloured lith ograph - artist's proof signed in penc il 75 x 52 cm
94 David Hockney Tree 1968
Lithograph on zinc in six colours , edition no 11 / 95 signed in pencil
96 Christopher Perkins Wahini in Government Nurseries lithograph. rare
titl e d and initialled on the stone and signed in pencil on margin
40.5 x 50 cm
9
7 Robin White Red Barn, Lincoln
Screenprint Edition 16140 Signed and dated 1973 on margin
46 x 31.5 cm
98 Robin White
Over The Road from Anna 's Place Screenprint Edition 35 / 35 Signed and dated 1972 in margin 58 x 39 cm
99 Patrick Hanly Tamarillo
Scr ee nprint, edition 2, 2 / 14 title inscribed signed and dated 2 / 14 50.5 x 39 cm
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Gordon Walters Maho
Screenprint 34 / 50 title inscribed and signed in pencil 10 x 9 ems
101 Tanya Ashken Intaglio print
Stabile Edition 13 / 25 Signed and dated 1972 23 x 29.5 cm
102 Wong Sing Tai Badlands
Silkscreen on acrylic , Edition 44 / 45 Signed with initials 75 x 75 cm
103 Marilynn Webb Dust Cloud - Central Australia woodb l ock and monoprint , title inscribed , signed and dated 1970 30 x 30 cm
104 Michael Smither Mt Egmont screenprint , 2 1 45176 - 144, s igned with initials 52 x 55 cm
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Pietro Annigoni
Etching , 1/ 30 , signed 20 x 26 cm
106 Sir Anthony van Dyck Self Portrait circa 1640
o il on canvas
68 x 57 ems
An authentification signed by the lat e Van Dyck authority, Professor Leo Van Purveld , Brussels 1951, accompan ies the painting.
The Burlington Magazine frontispiece for December 1941 illustrates another version of this portrait. The National Portrait Gallery in London believes there to be about five other versions in existence.
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10 7 William Leighton Leitch RI Landscape with cattle and figures watercolour, signed in brushpoint and dated 1867
51.5 x 78 cm
Leighton was Drawing Master to Queen Victoria
108 Thomas Sydney Cooper ARA Cattle in Landscape waterco lour signed and dated 1860 in brushpoint 39 x 54 cm
109 Charlotte Farrier RA Portrait of a Young Boy Oil on canvas
Signed with monogram and dated 1858 28 x 28 cm
110 Sir Thomas Lawrence RA Portrait of a Young Man
Pencil and wash Signed 16.5 x 12.5 cm oval
111 W.G. Robb
Riverscape with fisherman Oil signed and dated 1896 43 x 32 cm
112
Theophile de Bock
An Avenue of Trees oil on canvas 92 x 72 cm de Bock was a member of The Hague School. It was in his home at Scheveningen that Petrus va n der Velden met Vincent van Gogh.
113
Leo Brakel
A Pair of Dutch Winter Scenes both oil on canvas signed 24.5 x 31 ems
114
Grahame Sydney
Julie's Room
tempera on hardboard signed and dated 1974 44 x 60 cm
115
Grahame Sydney Cross. Mount Pisa
tempera on board signed and dated 1976
67.5 x 63 ems illustrated
oil on canvas title and signature on original label on st retcher in the artist's hand 45.5 x 65.S ems
129
Charles Blomfield
North Island Bush Road oil on board 50 x 30 ems illustrated
135
Laurence William Wilson Mt Cook from Lake Pukaki title inscribed signed and dated 1884 in brushpoint 29 .5 x 44 cm
136 Lawrence William Wilson Cathedral Peaks, Lake Manapouri Watercolour Signed and dated 1889 22 x 29 5 cm illu strated
13 0 Charles Blomfield Westport. South Island. circa 1889 oil on board 29 x 39 ems
131
Charles Blomfield Rangitoto and Northland oil on canvas signed 29 x 29 ems
13 2
Charles Blomfield Lake Tekapo, Canterbury Watercolour Signed and dated 1902
133
Charles Blomfield North Island Beach Scene oi l on board signed and dated 1910 27 x 38 ems
134
Laurence William Wilson Mt Avalanche near Lake Wanaka title inscribed and signed in brushpoint 23 x 48 cm
13 7
Laurence William Wilson Sunrise on Mount Four Peaks. South Canterbury oil on board title inscribed signed and dated 1881 14 x 18.5 ems
13 8
Laurence William Wilson Mount Pembroke Oil on board , title inscribed Signed and dated 1893? 48.5 x 73.5 cm
139
Ernest Arthur Chapman Ruapuha and Tongariro from the Waikato waterco lour initialled 24 x 35 cm
14 0
William George Baker Bradshaw Sound with Steamboat oil on canvas title inscribed and signed 60 x 90 ems
141 William George Baker West Coast Road watercolour 17 x 26 ems
142
Claus Edward Fristrom One Tree Hill , Auckland Oil on board , signed 30 x 23 ems
143 Frank Wright Coastal Scene watercolour sig ned with initials 22 x 32 cm
144 Garth Tapper Red Horse Composition oil on board signed 60 x 81 cm
145 Garth Tapper Figure Study
Oil on board Signed and dated 1974
40.5 x 61 cm
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146 Garth Tapper American Express
Oil on board Signed and dated 1976 59 x 59 cm
147 Garth Tapper Head Study
Felt pensketch Signed 27 x 21 cm
148 David Armitage Lovers
Pen and wash drawing Signed and dated 1972 19 x 27.5 cm
149 Alister Nisbet-Smith Head One oil on canvas 88 x 108 5 cm
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