New Zealand Contemporary Paintings
Including Important paintings from the collection of Kobi & Patricia Bosshard of Dunedin
September 1986
Conditions of Sale
1. The highest bidder to be the purchaser, subject to the Auctioneers having a right to refuse the bidding of any person. Should any dispute arise as to the b idd ings, the lot in dispute to be immediately put up for sale again at the preced ing bidding , or the Auctioneers may declare the purchaser
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Sale No. 88
Webb's
catalogue of
NEW ZEALAND CONTEMPORARY PAINTING
from private collections and including important paintings from the collections of Kobi and Patricia Bosshard of Dunedin and Mr Norman Bennett of Auckland to be held in our Gallery Saleroom on
MONDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER 1986 at 6.30pm
Viewing: The catalogue may be viewed in our gallery saleroom at the following times: Wednesday 24th to Friday 26th September 9.00am - 6pm Sunday 28th September 11am - 4pm Day of Sale until 12 noon
Front Cover Illustration: Philip Clairmont , Lot 39
Catalogue Photography: Arne Loot
Peter Webb Galleries Limited
Fine Art Auctioneers and Appraisers
T & G Building Corner Wellesley & Elliot St P O Box 7008 Telephone 734-404 Auckland
The Catalogue
1 John Weeks Iron Fence oil on paper 18.5 X 26 with certificate of authenticity on the back 700-1000
2 Olivia Spencer Bower Bush Scene watercolour signed in brushpoint 45 X 53 1500-2000
3 Don Binney Mana Island XII titled , signed and dated 71 charcoal drawing 27 x 27 diagonal 1000-1250
4 Don Binney Te Henga charcoal signed , titled and dated July to August 1975 55 X 73 1200-1500
5 Paul Hartigan
12
Patrick Hanly Number 3
Inside the garden 28 acrylic on handmade paper watercolour and crayon signed and dated 1979 in pencil signed and dated ' 68 in pencil 32 X 52 54 X 55 750-1000
800-1000
6 Robert Ellis
13 Colin McCahon Rakaumangamanga Kauri mixed media on paper lithograph signed and dated 1981 32 X 24 76 X 57
Illustrated p 2 1500-2000 250-350
7 Patrick Hanly
14 Philip Trusttum Siddhartha
Untitled painting, 1978 etching and blockprint 3/8
acrylic on canvas titled , editioned and signed
signed with initials and dated in ink '78 in pencil
53 5 X 38 30 X 36 400-500 200-250
8 Patrick Hanly
15 Ralph Hotere Innocence
Drawing for a church window lithograph 15/23 at Mitimiti titled , signed , editioned and pastel and acrylic dated 81 in pencil titled, signed and dated ' 82 19 X 20 76 X 56 150-200 900-1200
9 Patrick Hanly
16
Gretchen Albrecht Molecular Woman
Correspondences screenprint 6/6 watercolour on paper titled, signed and dated '68 titled , signed and dated 83 53 X 42.5 in pencil 300-400
56.5 X 76 900-1200
10 Terry Stringer
Untitled male nude
17 Don Binney watercolour
Beyond Wainamu Te Henga signed and dated '81 in lithograph Ed 2/20 brush point titled , editioned , signed and 38 X 57 dated in pencil 200-400 48 X 69 350-400
11 Tim Garrity
Untitled seascape acrylic and crayon on paper signed and dated '77 in pencil 54 x 54 circular 250-350
18 Gordon Walters
Untitled acrylic on paper signed and dated 'TT in pencil 17 X 14.5
700 -1000
19 May Smith
Colonial Villa watercolour signed and dated '70 in brush point 33 X 57.5
450-550
20 Simon McIntyre
Abstract gouache on paper signed with initials ~ -B.5
300-400
21 Gordon Walters
Untitled acrylic on paper signed and dated 21 /7 /76 in pencil
700-1000
22 Gordon Walters
Untitled acrylic on paper signed and dated '79 in pencil 18 X 16 5
Illustrated p 700-1000
23 Simon McIntyre
Abstract gouache on paper signed with initials in brush point 27 5 X 21 5
300-400
24 Simon McIntyre
Abstract gouache on paper signed in brushpoint 51 x61.5
650-750
25 Paul Hartigan
Magic 0
acrylic on board signed , titled and dated in pencil on reverse 12 X 11 5
150-250
26 Max Gimblett
Untitled Drawing pencil and acrylic signed and dated 1981 in pencil 64 X 48
600-1000
27 Don Binney
30 Richard Killeen Te Henga Rocket. March 1973 charcoal oil on hardboard signed and dated Nov to Dec titled , signed and dated 1973 1979 on reverse 55 X 74 91 5 X 17
Illustrated p. 8
1200-1500 1200-1500
31 Richard Killeen
28 Richard Killeen In Formation Pitch (Blue) 1981 oil on board alkaloid and aluminium signed & dated April '73 20 pieces on reverse signed on one piece 122 X 61
illustrated p.3
Illustrated p 8000-12000 1500-2000
32
Richard Killeen
29 Richard Killeen Death Moving In Flight Path 1973 oil on hardboard titled , signed and dated 1973 titled , signed and dated on reverse Jan 1973 on label on reverse 91 5 X 17 103 X 51 1200-1500 900 -1200
33 Milan Mrkusich Dark Emblem II. 1964 oil on canvas signed and dated ' 64 122 X 86 15000-20000
34 Milan Mrkusich
Painting No 2 1960 oil on hardboard titled, signed and dated on reverse 85.5 X 53
Illustrated p. 4
5000-8000
35 Colin McCahon Necessary Protection , Muriwai (Blue and brown)
watercolour titled , signed and dated Nov '71 108 X 71.5
Illustrated p 6 10000-15000
36 Colin McCahon Keep NZ Green acrylic on canvas signed and dated April ' 66 in brush point 100 X 74
Illustrated p. 10
5000-6000
37 Colin McCahon
Helensville 8
watercolour
titled , signed and dated 1977
106 X 71
5000-7000
38 Rudolph Gopaz
Cyclic Events
Solar Cycles - Life Cycles
PVC and acrylic signed and dated '71
96 5 X 117
5000-7000
39 Philip Clairmont Kidney Table
acrylic on canvas titled, signed and dated 1979
181 X 92
Illustrated front cover
Exhibited Festival International de la Peinture , 1981 at Cagnes sur Mer, France , as the New Zealand entry organised and selected by the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council (catalogue No. 237). Later exhibited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Menton , Katherine Mansfield Exhibition 12000-15000
40 Philip Clairmont War Requiem Series Ill (Blitzkreig)
mixed media and collage signed and dated 1974
143 X 47.5
Exhibited: Anxious Images , touring exhibition June ' 84 to September '85 2000-3000
41 Jane Evans From a Terrace , Nelson acrylic on board 1976 signed and dated '76 60 X 75
Illustrated p 9 8000-12000
42 Jane Evans Garden Breeze gouache. Jan 1986
signed and dated in brushpoint 73 X 140
Illustrated p 12 4000 -6000
43
Jane Evans Landscape acrylic on board signed dated '71 74 X 89 1500-2000
44
45
Jane Evans Cigarette Pete acrylic on board signed and dated 1971 103 X 89 2000-3000
Sir Mountford Tosswill Woollaston Seated Girl with cat acrylic on board signed with monogram 80 X 59
Illustrated p. 12 2500-3500
47
48
Jeffrey Harris Family Group oil on board signed and titled , dated April - October 1970 on reverse 122 X 122
Exhibited : Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 1981 Harris Exhibition Illustrated p. 13 10000-15000
Jeffrey Harris Two Women with Field of Grass oil on canvas. 1975 signed with initials and dated '75 titled and signed on reverse 59 X 80
Illustrated : Islands No 7. Illustrated p 16 4000-6000
49 Philip Trusttum Timur's Bell oil on board signed 183 X 122 7000-10000
50 Philip Trusttum Flowers and Mirror oil on board signed with initials , titled and dated 72/73 on reverse 122 X 105 5
Illustrated p. 20 7000-8000
51 Philip Trusttum The Necklace Oil and PVA on hardboard Titled and dated 1965 on reverse Exhibited : Auckland City Art Gallery - Contemporary New Zealand Painting 1965 238 X 120 5000-8000
52 Philip Trusttum Garden Landscape oil on board 47 X 71
Illustrated p 21 3500-5000
53 Ian McMillan Black Sail (Interior) tempera on masonite signed and dated 1978, on reverse 91 5 X 61 1000-1500
54 Geoff Thornley
Untitled No 15 1979
56 Robert Mcleod
See Blue oil on board
acrylic on canvas titled and signed on reverse titled signed and dated 82 x 84.5 (shaped canvas. Ma x imum 14 12.79 on reverse dimensions) 172 X 168
Illustrated p 23
Illustrated p. 24 2500 -3000 3500-5000
55a Geoff Thornley
Untitled No 10
57 Louise Henderson
Abstract
acrylic on canvas board oil on board signed on reverse 121 X 183 103 X 51 4000 -5000 3000-3500
58 Louise Henderson
55 Gretchen Albrecht
Summer Night Venue 1980 o i l on board
acrylic on canvas signed and dated ' 61 signed 61 X 81 (and again on reverse) 800 -1200 120 X 120 2500-3500
59 Louise Henderson
Still Life
66 Theo Schoon
Polynesian Fishing God 1954
acrylic on canvas oil on board signed and dated 1985 titled and signed on reverse 59 X 44.5 42 5 X 57
Illustrated p. 11 1000-1200 1500-2000
67 Mervyn Williams
60 Gordon Walters Construct Series " Rising " Untitled acrylic on canvas
acrylic on canvas signed , titled and dated signed and dated 1982 on 1981 on reverse stretcher and again on canvas 77 X 92 29 5 X 36 500-750 4000-5000
68 Peter Siddell
61 Ian Scott Hillside and Houses Lattice No 24 acrylic on board
acrylic on canvas signed and dated 1974 signed and dated May '77 on 136.5 X 97.5
reverse
Illustrated p 17 152 X 152 5000 -7000 2500-3500
69 Peter Siddell
62 Ian Scott Green City
Ether Spring oil on board
acrylic on canvas signed and dated titled signed and dated July 67 X 51 '73 on reverse
Illustrated p 205 X 38 4000-6000 1000-1500
70 Peter Siddell
63 Ralph Hotere Rainbow over city
Towards Aramoana From the acrylic on canvas Dawn of the Morning signed and dated 1977 oil on board 27 X 22 5 signed and dated
Illustrated p. 18 63.5 X 51 2500 -3000
Exhibited : Spring Festival Exhibition , Bishop Suter Gallery 3500-4000
71 Peter Siddell Mountain and Monument acrylic on board
64 Theo Schoon signed and dated 1975 Abstraction 1954 26 X 21 oil on board 1200-1750 l titled , signed on reverse 55 X 66
1000-1200
72 Tony Fomison Beethoven hessian on board
65 Theo Schoon titled , signed and dated 1981
Abstract ion 1954 51 x61 5 oil on board 4500-6500 titled and signed on reverse 55 X 66
Illustrated , p 1000-1200
73 Tony Fomison
76 Ingrid Banwell Nga Ute Ringa Ringa Taming that Uncontrollable (The finger bitten) Habit oil on hessian on board acrylic on hardboard title inscribed in full on wall sculpture reverse 38 X 123 19.5 X 14 5 600-700 750-1000
74 Denis Knight Turner
77 Garth Tapper Untitled The Verdict oil on canvas on board oil on canvas signed and dated ' 60 signed and dated ' 81 38 X 31 59 X 74 900 -1000 1750-2500
75 Denis Knight Turner Still Life oil on board
78 Garth Tapper signed Flounder on a plate 59 X 63 oil on board Illustrated p 19 15 X 22 750-1000 300-400
signed and dated 1972
30 X 32 2000 -2500
dated 1983
12 X 14 5 1250-1750
Lot 68
79 Patrick Hanly Sunlit garden enamel on hardboard
80 Michael Shepherd Still Life with Marbles oil on linen
81 Michael Shepherd
83 Philip Trusttum Still life with marbles Ten Star oil on linen , oil on canvas on board dated 1980 signed with initials and 8 5 X 31 5 dated 1976 850-950 122 X 77 2000-4000
82 Michael Shepherd
Still life with cotton reel
84 Philip Trusttrum oil on linen , untitled dated 1980 oil on hardboard 9.5 X 30 143 X 97 850-950 1500-2000
85 Philip Trusttum
88 Philip Trusttum Untitled Schoolboy Boxer oil on hardboard mixed media on paper
90 5 X 61 signed and dated 18 6 80 1000-1200 in pencil
58 X 31
800-1200
86 Robert Ellis Motorway
89 Patrick Hanly acrylic on board s igned and dated ' 68 Girl Walking
67 X 55 5 i nk
Illustrated p 22
signed and dated ' 63 in 1500-2000 penc i l
52 X 42
700 -900
87 Robert Ellis Holy Trinity Churchyard oil on canvas
90 Jeffrey Harris signed Unt itled Drawing 62 X 75 pencil and crayon 300-450
signed and dated 1980
56 X 75
Illustrated p 25 4000-6000
Lot50
91 Jeffrey Harris
Two Families
pencil titled , signed and dated 3 March
1975 30 X 45 1500-1750
92 Geoff Thornley Blue Tonda gouache signed and dated 1982 in pencil
23 X 24 900-1100
93 Ian Scott
The Hot Sweet Air oil on board signed and dated '68
67 X 110
Illustrated: Peter Cape NZ Painting p. 156 800-900
94 Nigel Brown
Expulsion oil on board signed , dated and titled on reverse
57 X 46
Illustrated p. 27 800-1200 ..
95 Louise Lewis Golden Vortex acrylic on canvas signed on reverse 131 X 131 500-600
96 Paul Hartigan Lemonstone acrylic on board signed and dated 1984 69 X 60 800 -1200
97 Paul Hartigan Red Yellow Blue three coloured zerox individually signed and dated 1981 ed 7/10 each 20 x 35 framed as one 450-550
98 David Barker Toi Toi acrylic on board monogrammed , signed and dated 1973 61 X 91 2000-3000
99 Tony Fomison
Portrait of the English Pa i nter Richard Dadd in circular Huon Pine frame dia 11.5 Illustrated p 500-700
100 Neville Smitheram September (Headlands) No 5 oil on board , 1983 signed , dated , inscribed on reverse 13 5 X 13 5 125-175
101 Dorothy Law
105 Neville Smitheram untitled September (Headlands) No 1
construction-oil on wood 1983 oil on board , 1983 signed, dated on reverse signed , dated, inscribed on reverse 15 X 19.5 13 5 X 13 5
125-175
102 Dorothy Law
125-175
106 Robin White Taking Heart 'We shall await'
Construction - oil on wood , 1983 screen print 4/ 4 signed , dated on reverse signed and dated December '81
9.5 X 13 in pencil
125-175
103 Dorothy Law Cross Piece
construction - oil on wood , 1984
37.5 X 22
700-800
107 Claudia Pond Eyley
The Three Graces in Cromwell St
24.5 X 35 pencil
150-200 titled signed and dated 1980
39.5 x-56
150-250
104 Bronwynne Cornish Sphinx
108 ceramic, sculpture 1982
Claudia Pond Eyley 22 5 X 30 Kirebati Window Tarawa 150-200 screenprint 8/75 editioned , signed and dated 1984 in pencil 24 5 X 17
300-500
109 Barry Cleavin Miraculous Draught of Fishes etching. 10/40 signed and dated 1983 in pencil
31 X 38
250-350
110 Grahame Sydney Broken Fence Study watercolour signed and dated 26 July 74
22.5 X 35
500-600
111 Grahame Sydney Mountain Study pencil with initials , dated 24 May 72
20.5 X 46
500-600
112 Keith Patterson Still Life. Afternoon Sun watercolour signed and dated ' 61 64 X 73
250-350
113 Keith Patterson
116 Louise Henderson Porrones Antique Relief pastel
signed and dated
colour lithograph 5/25
editioned , signed and titled in 64 X 52 pencil
250-350
114 John Papas Journey
42 X 29
100-200
117 Theo Schoon oil on board
signed and dated '72
55 X 74
Tape Grid
colour lithograph 1 /30
signed , titled and dated
200-300 ' 65 in pencil
58.5 X 45.5
200 -300
115 Malcolm Warr Two Shags
screenprint
editioned , signed and dated
77 in pencil
74 X 56
100-200
118 Louise Henderson
Antique Relief
colour lithograph 1 /20
42 X 29
100-200
Lot 69
119 Don Binney Kaiarara Kaka. Great Barrier
Screenprint 50 / 150 signed and dated 1982 in pencil
62 5 X 37
250 -300
120 Peter Siddell Window screenprint 46/ 150 titled , signed and dated in pencil
53 5 X 41 200-300
94
121 Stanley Palmer
House and Paddock. Huia
124
Stanley Palmer
Creek , Punga and Cloud . bamboo etching 23/50 Karamutura signed and dated 1970 in pencil
bamboo etching 52/60 42 X 57.5
150-200
122 Gordon Walters Kohu
screenprint 51 /75
signed and dated 1971 in pencil
57 X 41.5
150-200
125 Michael Smither
Back Beach II t itled , signed and dated
screenprint 40/74 77 in pencil
37 X 28
150-250
123 Gordon Walters
titled and signed with initials
57 X 51
150-200
126 Alison Pickmere Kora Mahurangi
screen print 27 / 150
colour lithograph 20/30
titled , signed and dated 1982 signed and dated ' 68
58 X 47
200-300
28 5 X 24
150-200
127 Trevor Moffitt
Mountain Landscape No 12
132 Alberto Garcia Alvarez
Untitled oil on board lithograph 10 / 10 signed and dated 62 editioned , signed and dated 58 X 77.5 '79 in pencil 200-300 41 X 29 150-250
128 Suzanne Goldberg Abstract
133 Andrew Bogle oil on board
Untitled Green signed and dated '73 frottage 59 X 90 70 X 50 300 -500 200-300
129 Wong Sing Tai Bare Island
Keith Patterson silkscreen 1 / 100
Chair signed , titled 1983 Lot99 Indian ink 43 X 80 signed and dated ' 81 100-150 64 X 52 100-200
130 Trevor Moffitt Gold Miner Drunk
135 Keith Patterson oil on board Ravine - Two Moons signed mixed media . 65 X 54 signed in brushpoint 300-500 64 X 52 250 -300
131 Dorothy Law Unt itled Abstract
136 Andrew Bogle mezzatint
Untitled signed on reverse charcoal drawing 7 X 4 5 55 X 75 5 150-200 200-300
A rare late eighteenth century bombe fronted chest w ith marquet ry inlays and o rm o lu mount s
Fine Furniture sells well at Webb's
Following the record price of $53,500 paid at Webb's last April for an inlaid bonheur-du-jour by Anton Seuffert, the small marquetry chest of drawers pictured above fetched the excellent price of $20,000 at our recent antique and furniture sale in June.
Webb's have clients not only for fine paintings, but for fine furniture, fine jewellery, fine silver and porcelain and just about anything fine, including wine.
A catalogue is in preparation for a sale of antique furniture and jewellery, porcelain, silver etc. to be held in early November Enquiries to Murdoch McLennan .
