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Sale 66, Fine Paintings, December 1984

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Webb's

Sale No. 66

Catalogue of

Fine Contemporary New Zealand Paintings Prints & Drawings

From the collection of GORDON H. BROWN

and other contemporary paintings from the collections of Louise Lewis and the Estate of Olivia Spencer Bower

Fine Historical Paintings and European paintings from the Estate of Dr Robert Broom late of South Africa and other vendors

THURSDAY 13th DECEMBER 1984 at 5.30 p.m. and 7 p.m. in our Gallery Saleroom

Viewing from Sunday 9th December 11 a.m. -5 p.m. Monday 10th - Wednesday 12th 9 a.m. - 5.30 p.m.

N.B. Viewing by arrangement only on morning of sale

Cover Illustration: Lot 131

Peter Webb Galleries Limited

Fine Art Auctioneers & Appraisers

T & G Building Corner Wellesley & Elliot St P O Box 7008 Telephone 734-404 Auckland

The Catalogue

1

Mario Avati b.1921

Fruits of Pichet

mezzotint 36 / 50

signed and titled in pencil

38 x 48 cm

200 - 250

2

Pietro Annigoni Head of a Girl

lithograph 31/99 signed in pencil

70 x 50 cm

250 - 400 3

Another copy (unframed)

4

A stoneware bottle vase with pinched sides. Impressed potter's mark JP?

height 28 cm

50 - 70

5

Len Castle

Small stoneware wall vase

length 13 . 5 cm

35 - 45

6

Marty Szirmay

Painted metal sculpture

height 27 cm width 31 cm

200 - 300

7

Marty Szirmay

Small table sculpture

cast resin

height 6 . 5 cm 80 - 100

8

Terry Stringer

Royal Portrait

bronze signed, dated '80 and editioned 5/ 10 on white marble base

height 19 7 cm overall

350 - 450

9

Marilynn Webb Lake Mahinerangi

intaglio print 1976 7/20 signed

x 59 cm

- 150 10

Peter Siddell Window

screenprint 1982 45 / 100 signed

x 57 cm

- 150 11

Gordon Walters Kura

screenprint 1982 84 / 150

x 57 cm

- 150 2

12

Patrick Hanly Life goes on

screen print titled, signed dated ' 82 and editioned 27 / 40 in pencil 53 x 54 cm 13

Bonnie Quirk Fractured land, five

intaglio print 1973 3/25

signed

30 x 84 cm

60 - 100 14

Gretchen Albrecht

Sundial

screen print

editioned 58 / 125 titled, dated '80 and signed in pencil

100 x 75 cm

340 - 400 15

Marilyn Webb Waipori River

intaglio print 1978 63 x 37 cm

100 - 150 16

Nigel Brown

Land and Family

lithograph and watercolour 1979 . 13/20 signed 80 x 60 cm

150 - 200

17

Patrick Hanly

Everyman Awakes

screen print titled, signed, dated and editioned 4/20 in ink

84 x 54 cm

250 - 300

18

Bonnie Quirk

Spring over Burnt Hill

intaglio print 1974 27 / 50 signed

60 x 40 cm

60 - 100

19

Robin White

Olympia, Maketu

screenprint 26/ 35 signed and dated '73

50 x 75 cm

80 - 100

20

Douglas MacDiarmid

Portrait Study, Violet

watercolour signed with ink

37 x 32 cm

400 - 500

21

Gary Tricker

Arawata Bill

Poems by Denis Glover. Six coloured etchings by Gary Tricker

signed in ink and numbered 20 from the edition of 100 copies

1 sml.qto . vol and slip case

The Graphic Society of New Zealand 1981

250 - 350

22

Ellinore Ginn

The Fountain gouache

60 x 45 cm

350 - 500

23

John Papas

Small Bay, Whangaparaoa oil on hardboard signed

60 x 71 cm

200 - 300

24

Patrick Hanly Adventurer 78 etching titled 'Torso' signed, dated and editioned 27 / 30 in pencil

12 x 11 cm

150 - 200

25

Billy Apple

Numbered and Signed

screenprint 1980, 10/25 numbered and signed in pencil

56 x 76 cm

250 - 350

26

Sylvia Siddell Memorable Meal

pencil drawing

signed and dated July 79

31 x 36 cm

100 - 150

27

Gordon Walters Arahura

screenprint 1982 edit. 90/125

signed

76 x 57 cm

100 - 150

28

Michael Smither Back Beach 2

screen print 2/ 40

Titled, editioned, initiaJied and dated 1974 in pencil

59 x 54 cm

150 - 250

29

Victoria Edwards Strips 1976

Photo Etching 1/1

titled , editioned, signed and dated '76 in pencil

52 x 35 cm

100 - 150 30

Stanley Palmer

Casaraes, Andalusia

bamboo and litho print 11/60 editioned, titled, signed and dated 1975 in pencil

55 x 70 cm

250 - 350

31

May Smith

Seated girl in print dress charcoal drawing signed

38 x 53 cm

200 - 300

32

Gordon Walters

Then

screen print 58 / 125 editioned, titled , signed and dated 1980 in pencil

57 x 76 cm

200 - 300 4

33

David Barker

Coastal Landscape

oil on board signed and dated '65

55 x 76 cm

500 - 700

34

Stanley Palmer Inlet

bamboo and litho print, 2nd state, 11/25 editioned, titled, signed and dated 1973 in pencil

56 x 77 cm

300 - 400

35

Stanley Palmer

Ranges from Glen Eden

bamboo and litho print 2/ 10 titled, editioned, signed and dated '67 in pencil

51 x 71 cm

300 - 400

36

Gordon Walters Kura

screen print 83 / 100 editioned, titled, signed and dated 1982 in pencil

76 x 56 cm

200 - 300

37

Don Binney

Kaiarara Kaka, Great Barrier

screenprint 54/ 150 editioned, titled, signed and dated 1982 in pencil

66 x 41 cm

300 - 400

38

Frances M. Rutherford

Bush

felt pen drawing signed and dated 1965 , inscribed on reverse

40 x 27 cm

100 - 150

39

Michael Smither

Still Life: Breakfast Table

pen and ink drawing signed and dated 1963

53 x 43 cm

80 - 150

40

Carl Sydow

Suspension Drawing XKK

letrafilm, letratone, pen and ink signed and dated I 972

48 x 60 cm

80 - 120

41

Rob Taylor Xipe

pencil drawing signed and dated 1976

20 x 14 cm

50 - 80

42

Rick Killeen

Tropical Pattern

screenprint 1/50

titled, editioned, signed and dated 1978 in pencil

55 x 45 cm

150 - 250

43

Philip Trusttrum Head

acrylic on paper

signed P.S.T and dated '75

29 x 23 cm

300 - 400

44 . Philip Trusttrum Head

acrylic on paper

signed P.S.T . and dated '75

29 x 23 cm

300 - 400

45

Jeffrey Harris

Death and Love

etching 34 / 50

titled, signed and editioned in pencil

38 x 28 cm

120 - 200

46

Stanley Palmer

Anawhata

bamboo and litho print 4 / 60 titled , editioned, signed and dated 1972 in pencil

50 x 65 cm

250 - 350

47

Don Peebles

Linear Arrangement

screenprin : . 20/20 multiple print signed in pencil

55 x 76 cm

60 - 80

48

Colette Rands

The Estuary

pencil drawing. 1971

signed and inscribed in pencil

21 x 25 cm

40 - 60

49

Ross Ritchie

Composition c.1967

pencil

20 x 25 cm

80 - 100

50

Ross Ritchie

Three

screen print

76 x 56 cm

Barry Lett Galleries multiples

75 - 100

51

Ian Scott

Lattice: August 1978

pencil and acrylic

signed and dated on reverse

45 x 45 cm

150 - 250

52

Allan Strathern

Life Drawing

charcoal drawing 1972

signed in pencil

60 x 46 cm

50 - 75 53

Marte Szirmay

Working Drawing, 2.

charcoal

inscribed, titled and dated 1971

43 x 69 cm

150 - 250

54

John Perry

The Jockey is a Happy Man

pencil, oil paint wash and cream

masking tape

inscribed and signed on reverse

26 x 36 cm

40 - 60

55

Mervyn Williams

Midas Gets Ahead

screen print

signed and dated 1967 in pencil

63 x 50 cm

75 - 100

56

Merlene Young

Abstract

pencil and gouache

signed and dated 1965 in pencil

27 x 37 cm

60 - 80

57

R!lY Thorburn

Air New Zealand series 4 (1)

pencil drawing

title inscribed, signed and dated 1973 in pencil

43 x 34 cm

50 - 80

58.

Ray Thorburn

Air New Zealand series 4 (2)

pencil drawing

title inscribed, signed and dated 1973 in pencil

43 x 34 cm

50 - 80

59

Greer Twiss

Athlete

crayon drawing 1964

signed in pencil and inscribed on reverse

3lx3lcm

150 - 250

60

Denys Watkins

Paradise Lost

pen and ink drawing

title inscribed, signed and dated 1971 in pencil

50 x 67 cm

250 - 350

Lot 134

61

Wong Sing Tai

Head: no. 14

acrylic wash. c.1973 signed in pencil

56 x 4 cm

80 - 100 7

62

Philip Trusttum

Cars: no. 2

brush and black ink signed and dated 1980

90 x 60 cm

250 - 350

63

Gordon Walters

Tawa

screenprint. 1969

76 x 56 cm

Barry Lett Galleries multiples

100 - 200

64

Mark Way

To: A Song from Mahler

pencil drawing. 1972

32 x 23 cm

80 - 150

65

Vivien Bishop

Serendipity

screenprint 20/20

signed in pencil and dated '68

79 x 56 cm

65 - 100

66

John William Brock

Coast Road near Greymouth

watercolour

signed and dated 1940

title inscribed on reverse

50 x 37 cm

350 - 500

67

Sir Mountford Tosswill

Woollaston

Winter, Mapua

pen, brush and ink drawing

signed and dated 1936

13 x 20 cm

On reverse: drawing of a Man's Head in pen and black ink

200-450

68

Louise Henderson

Duravel, France

lithograph. c.1953

title inscribed and signed in pencil

36 x 34 cm

80 - 150

69

Sir Mountford Tosswill

Woollaston

Winter Landscape

pen and ink drawing

signed and dated 1960

27 x 37 cm

200 - 300

70

Gabrielle Hope

Still Life in a Landscape

lithograph

signed and dated 1957

edition 100. pubd. Peter Webb '57

24 x 35 cm

75 - 100

71

Jean Horsley

Untitled Abstract

crayon drawing with burnt sienna wash c.1960

signed in brushpoint

43 x 54 cm

100 - 150

72

Gretchen Albrecht

Angel

original lithograph with letterpress (poster for her exhibition at Ikon Fine

arts August 1964)

43 x 31 cm

150 - 250 8

73

Gretchen Albrecht

Angel playing Bach

pencil

ti tie inscribed

56 x 38 cm

250 - 350

74

David Armitage

Crouching woman after Muybridge

pencil, pen and ink drawing. 1967

inscribed

56 x 33 cm

100 - 150

75

David Armitage

Still life with skipping rope

watercolour and pencil 1974

30 x 40 cm

250 - 350

76

Ted Bracey

Waikato, Kaimai Landscape

pencil and watercolour, 1968

30 x 36 cm

80 - 150

77

Gretchen Albrecht

Building up the visual vocab ..

pencil

signed

36 x 27 cm

150 - 200

78

David Armitage

sitting room

pencil and watercolour 1971

22 x 32 cm

200 - 300

79

David Armitage Study of Russian Dancer gouache and charcoal abandoned drawing of dancer, verso

38 x 25 cm

200 - 300

80

Paul Hartigan 1975 Snake Studios Merry Christmas

screenprint on glass with mirror backing

25 x 20 cm

50 - 75

81

Gabrielle Hope View from Forest Hill

lithograph signed and dated 1957

edition 100. pub. Peter Webb 57

25 x 35 cm

75 - 100

82

Gavin Buxton Untitled pencil. 1975

37 x 27 cm

50 - 80

83

Barry Cleavin Specimen 3, Koplick etching

·signed and dated 1969

38 x 51 cm

100 - 150

84

John Drawbridge Girl before a mirror

drypoint and mezzotint. 1969 signed in pencil

42 x 52 cm

100 - 200

85

Dick Frizzell Lighter, Clock, Banana

pencil and ink wash signed and dated 1972 in pencil

title inscribed in pencil

27 x 31 cm

200 - 300

86

Tim Garrity

Nude Girl seen from the Back pencil drawing. 1960

signed and inscribed on verso, in pencil: Tim Garrity 1963 for Gordon

34 x 24 cm

50 - 100

87

Patrick Hanly

Inside the Garden

line block with splattered water based paint

Barry Lett Galleries multiples series

76 x 56 cm

120 - 160

88

.Patrick Hanly Piha

felt pen drawing signed and inscribed and dated 1972

27 x 22 cm

250 - 350 10

89

Jeffrey Harris Euan at French Farm pencil drawing. 1972

27 x 37 cm

150 - 250

90

John Lethbridge Full Circle

lithograph with pencil edition 35 / 150. titled, signed and inscribed in pencil

60 x 31 cm

50 - 75

91

Don Peebles

Abstract No. 3

charcoal drawing signed

76 x 55 cm

200 - 250

92

John William Brock

Fishing

pencil and watercolour signed and dated 1972

26 x 36 cm

100 - 150

93

Barry Cleavin

Ann on a Tubular Chair pencil drawing signed and dated 1973

40 x 31 cm

100 - 200

94

Barry Cleavin

Temptation of Saint A.4.

etching with acquatint

signed and dated 1969

63 i 49 cm

100 - 150

95

Tim Garrity Icarus 1. Lot 136

blue and white chalk drawing signed and dated 1977 in pencil

circular image 54 cm dia.

150 - 250

96

Tim Garrity

Twin Cones

nencil drawing. 1961

signed and inscribed in pencil on reverse

33 x 20 cm

50 - 100

97

Patrick Hanly

Massacre of Innocents

monoprint 1962

signed and inscribed in pencil

40 x 50 cm

250 - 350

98

Patrick Hanly

Seated Nude Figure

pencil drawing signed and dated 1963 in pencil

25 x 19 cm

80 - 100

99

Ralph Hotere

Drawings for Black Paintings: Port Chalmers (no 3)

pencil drawing

inscribed, signed and dated 1973

22 x 35 cm

75 - 100

100

Michael Illingworth

Untitled

pen and ink. 1971

25 x 20 cm

150 - 250

101

Hamish Keith

Three Wooden Spokes: Poem by Ross Fraser

set of three lithographs each print

signed and inscribed in pencil

25x20cm

50 - 75

102

Colin McCahon

Gate: print no 1/3

crayon rubbing print. signed with crayon, CM '61

30 x 23 cm

150 - 200

103 .

Colin McCahon

Hills near Taumarunui

pencil drawing. 1968 signed in pencil

22x29cm

200 - 300

104

Colin McCahon

North Otago Landscape

screenprint 1969

53 x 66 cm

Barry Lett Galleries multiples

200 - 300

105

Colin McCahon Kauri

lithograph. 1954 signed in pencil

33 x 24 cm

·150 - 200

106

Colin McCahon

Marlborough Sounds

pen and black ink drawing

c.1943

21 x 28 cm

200 - 300

107

Colin McCahon 'Van Gogh'.

Poems by John Caselberg.1957

set of five off-set lithographs

sheet I 32 x 22, sheets II-V 35 x 22 cm

500 - 750

108

Colin McCahon

Van Gogh poems as previous lot but with mild foxing

400 - 500 109

Richard Killeen

Man and sky

mbnoprint 1968 signed in pencil

48 x 41 cm

150 - 200

110

John Lethbridge Time Lag

pencil and rubber ink stamp signed and dated 1972 in pencil

59 x 41 cm

200 - 300

111

Helen Brown Coastal Scene watercolour signed in pencil

22 x 30 cm

300 - 400

112

Max McLellan

Lunch Box

pencil and collage with overlay tracing paper signed and dated 1972 on top sheet in pencil

53 x 38 cm

50 - 75

113

Alistair Nisbet-Smith

Untitled: Bundled Figure marked No. 9

pen and black ink

signed and dated 1970

25x20cm

80 - 100

114

Ralph Hotere

Drawings for Port Chalmers

Paintings pencil drawing

inscribed, signed and dated 1972 in pencil

19 x 34 cm

75 - 100

115

John Kavanagh

Roses in a glass

ink drawing

signed with black ball-point pen

25 x 20 cm

100 - 150

116

Richard Killeen

Comb. October 1973

oil and acrylic on paper

signed and dated Oct 73 in pencil

50 x 40 cm

250 - 300

117

Marilynn Webb

Cloud landscape W akatipu 6

proof. intaglio print 1974

signed

43 x 43 cm

80 - 120

118

Louise Henderson

Pub Party

gouache and char coal

68 x 42cm

Illustrated: N .Z. Painting since 1960.

Peter Cape. p.181

400 - 500

119

Patrick Hanly Wonder

screen print

titled, signed, dated '82 and editioned

24 / 40 in pencil

51 x 64 cm

200 - 300

120

John Coley

Abstract

oil on canvas

46 x 55 cm

70 - 100

121

John Coley

Colour Structure Brown

oil on canvas

signed on back

46x46cm

70-100

122

Barry Cleavin Unit

etching 5/ 30

signed and dated 1969 in pencil

27 x 29 cm

100 - 150

123

Barry Cleavin For the Diary 3

etching 5/ 80

signed and dated '69

14 x 10 cm

60 - 80

End of First Session

Second Session Commences at 7 p.m.

124

Robin White Mangaweka

pencil drawing. 1973

59 x 43 cm

(illustrated) }

500 - 800

125

Donald Binney

Kotare over Ten Henga

crayon and gouache

signed and dated 5 .7.65 in feltpen

40 x 32 cm ,,,...("'i

500 - 700 -; V

126

Michael Smither

Back Beach and Paratutu

oil on board

signed M D.S and dated '83

190 x 73 cm

2,500 - 3,500

127

Paul Hartigan

Drawing for Large Neon

gouache and airbrush on black paper

signed and dated 1982

42 x 291 cm

600 - 700

128

Denys Watkins

Seasonal Weather

pen and watercolour

titled, signed and dated '71 in pencil

31 x 45 cm

500 - 700

129

Gordon Walters

Untitled painting gouache

signed and dated 1955 on reverse

29 x 22 cm

600 - 800

130

Patrick Hanly Redhead

intaglio print

titled, signed, dated '66 and editioned 4/ 4 in pencil

52 x 40 cm

(illustrated)

500 - 700

131

Russell Clark

North Island Country Landscape with creamstand and five Maori figures

oil on canvas ) 'l

signed (J' O lJ v

60 x 60 cm

(illustrated on front cover)

5,000 - 8,000 14

132

Rita Angus

Barn Construction, North Hawkes' Bay

oil on hardboard

signed, title inscribed on backboard

60 x 30 cm (illustrated)

15,000 - 25,000

133

Rita Angus

Portrait of a young girl

oil on plyboard

signed

38 x 34 cm

Private collection , Christchurch S-- .--a.--.C) (illustrated) () [/ v 10,000 - 15,000

134

Colin McCahon Manukau 2 watercolour

inscribed , signed and dated Jan 54 in brush point

55 x 76 cm _ rC) (illustrated) I-i. (J--r---rl v 7,000 - 10,000

135

Colin McCahon

Northland. Landscape

oil wash on canvas

signed and dated 29.9.62 in brushpoint

82 x 82 cm - ~

(illustrated) f ~v 10,000 - 15 ,000 \ 0 ·

136

Colin McCahon

North Otago

PV A on hardboard

signed, title inscribed and dated 1967 and again on reverse

54 x 81 cm

Collection: James Hackshaw, Auckland . (illustrated)

8,000 - 10,000 /'} '}.

137

Colin McCahon

Jump oil on jute canvas

inscribed and signed C .M'C '73 (E2)

93 x 62 cm

2,000 - 3,000 d-- 7')'()

141

Colin McCahon

North Otago Landscape

acrylic on paper signed in pencil C.McCahon '67

29 x 26 cm

This work was intended as the jacket design for "An Introduction to New Zealand Painting by G . H . Brown and H. Keith The artist preferred this to the waterfall used for the jacket.

(illustrated) 1,000 - 1,600

138

Colin McCahon

Necessary Protection INRI

acr ylic on hardboard

titled , si g ned and dated Feb '72 Muriwai

61 x 81 cm (repaired)

(illustrated) () _ r_,_..()

2,()()() - 3,000 0--(TV V

139

Colin McCahon

Necessary Protection

acrylic on pa per C 1972

signed and dated October '71 in pencil

46 x 6 I cm / /'l'1\J

1,500 - 1, 800 t 'bV v

140

Colin McCahon

Waterfall. November 1964

P V.A on hardboard

30 x 30 cm

1,500 - 2,000

142

Colin McCahon

Head with Staring Eyes

crayon drawing signed McCahon '55

25 x 20 cm

On reverse an unfinished drawing inscribed "William 1955"

400 - 600

143

Colin McCahon

Boat Sheds, Otago Harbour

pencil and watercolour. c. 1937-8 signed in pencil lower right and, at a later date, McCahon 1939, lower left

25 x 31 cm

500 - 700

144

Rudi Gopas Dawn

oil on hardboard

signed and dated 1964

95 x 89 cm

3,000 - 5,000

145

Rudi Gopas

South Island Landscape

watercolour

40 x 52 cm

Exhibited Rudolf Gopaz Retrospective Exhibition John Leech Gallery, Auckland, May 1984 r l _ .........0

800 - 1,000 U V

146

Philip Trusttum

Painting from The Garden Series

oil on hardboard

signed P.S.T. and dated '73 inscribed on back 'No 12 West Side'

135 x 121 cm (illustrated) .---C\

5,000 - 7,000 I O \J V

147

Philip Trusttum Ticket

acrylic on loose canvas. c.1976

187 x 120 cm

1,000 - 1,200 '; 'Lf-o-0

148

Philip Trusttum

Untitled painting

mixed media and collage on cardboard

138 x 79 cm

700 - 1,000

149

Philip Trusttum One Ticket

acrylic on canvas

signed P.S.T. and dated '76 17x64cm

500- 600 ~o1D

150

Philip Trusttum

Painted construction

acrylic, wood, iron, plastic, sash-cord and wool

36 x 44 cm

500 - 700 ) v0

151

Philip Trusttum

Untitled painting

oil and collage on kauri tray

65 x 50 cm

600 - 800

152

Ross Ritchie

composition 65.6. 1965-66

oil on enamel on canvas

signed with brushpoint ~-{')

182 x 160 cm )Vu V

1,200 - 2,000

153

Jeffrey Harris

Self Portrait with friends

oil pastel on paper

inscribed, signed and dated 18 / 19-5-70 on reverse

43 x 69 cm

600 - 900

154

Jeffrey Harris

Birds at Sunset

oil crayon on paper

titled dated 19.5. 70, signed in pencil on label on reverse

36 x 46 cm 1 ,x-,(")

450 - 650 b t) v 17

.155

Jeffrey Harris Flowers, Dunedin

oil crayon on paper

signed titled and dated '71 on reverse

42x60cm

450- 650 156

Philip Clairmont Fireplace

oil on hessian on plywood

120 x 71.5 cm

This is the primary painting for the major series of fireplace paintings, the largest of which is in the collection of the Auckland City Art Gallery. It was painted while the artist was an Honours Student at Canterbury University and after a social gathering around the fireplace at the home of the painter Doris Lusk.

(illustrated) { cZ'\ .....--.-0 5,000 - 7,000 v O V v

157

Philip Clairmont

Flower pot on tripod table

acrylic on jute canvas

signed P.C .T . and dated '80

244 x 180 cm

(illustrated) 4,000 - 6,000

158

Michad Illingworth

Self Portrait

oil on canvas

signed M.H.I. and dated '62

56 x 80 cm

(illustrated) 1' r,,,....._-._,r\, 3,000 - 4,000 ...,- U V

159

Michael Illingworth

Portrait of a Man of Consequence

oil on canvas

42 x 35 cm (illustrated)

2,500 - 3,500

160

Michael Illingworth Adam & Eve

oil on canvas

91 x 110 cm

2,000 - 2,500

Robert Ellis City Journey oil on hardboard signed and dated 1971

122 x 122 cm (illustrated)

2,500 - 3,500

162

Robert Ellis Boys Playing Outside Church

oil on canvas signed

63 x 76 cm

Exhibited Ro yal Academ y 1955 1,000 -1,200 j ()0

163

Peter Siddell

Untitled painting: Imaginary Auckland Landscape with Houses on Rocky Foreshore acrylic on hardboard signed and dated 1975

79 x 190 cm (illustrated)

6,000 - 8,000

164

Milan Mrkusich

Earth Emblem V

oil on jute canvas

signed and dated 1964

130 x 86 cm

5,000 - 7,000

165

Milan Mrkusich

Painting '61 no 8. oil on canvas

signed and dated 1961 in brushpoint

80 x 85 cm

(illustrated) e,. / '5V

5,000 - 7,000 D

166

Milan Mrkusich

Corner Painting

acrylic on paper

signed and dated 1968 on reverse

39 x 31 cm

1,400 - 1,800 f'l,,vV

167

Sir Mountford Tosswill

Woollaston

Alix Simpson. 1965

oil on ::ardboard

signed an dated 1965 in brushpoint and inscribed on reverse

91 x 58 cm

(illustrated) <t IJO

3,500 - 6,000 U

168

Sir Mountford Tosswill

Woollaston

Nude

watercolour

signed and dated '77 in brushpoint

76 x 50 cm

1,600 - 2,000

169

Ralph Hotere

Painting from Malady, a poem by Bill Manhire

acrylic and oil on canvas

title inscribed, signed and dated 1969-70 on reverse

120 x 92 cm

1,500 - 2,000

170

Ralph Hotere

Kotuku

oil on hardboard

signed and dated 1959 in brushpoint, title inscribed on backing board

76 x 49 cm

800 - 1,000

171

Louise Lewis

Park Bench

acrylic on canvas on board signed and dated 1967

100 x 94 cm

Collection, the artist

500 - 700

172

Garth Tapper

The Card Players

on hardboard

x 80 cm 1,200 - 1,600

173

John Coley

Abacus XXX

oil on canvas signed dated '72 and titled on back

69 x 69 cm

800 - 1,200

174

Don Driver

Structure

wood and blue formica signed on back with title and dated 1968

60 cm high

450 - 550

175

Gabrielle Hope

Winged Bull

ink drawing heightened with white signed in brushpoint and dated '60

41 x 47 cm

600 - 700

Lot 158
Lot 159

176

Jane Evans

Untitled (Heads) oil on hardboard

signed and dated '72

76 x 91 cm

400 - 600

177

Nigel Brown Mother and Child with Tree oil on hardboard

signed and dated 1976

52 x 55 cm

500 - 600

178

Robert McLeod

Blue Baubled oil on canvas

30 x 29 cm

400 - 600

Lot 163

165

179

Elva Bett

Icon

oil on hardboard with brass nails

signed and dated 1965

120 x 90 cm

500 - 700

180

Quentin McFarlane Northland Abstract

acrylic on cardboard 1969

signed

57 x 43 cm

700 - 900

181

Dick Frizzell

Beer & Pretzels on Madison Avenue

enamel on hardboard

signed and dated 29.9.79

58 x 66 cm /J _c,

600 - 800 V/ O v

182

Suzanne Goldberg

Landscape

oil on hardboard

signed and dated '67

66x97cm

600 - 800

183

Garth Tapper

Returning to the Birdcage

signed

oil on board

24 x 34 cm

500 - 700

184

G.F. Cadman

Kiwi in bush setting

acrylic on paper

signed and dated 1982

48 x 64 cm

500 - 700

185

Bill Sutton

Canterbury Landscape

signed W.A. Sutton and dated '70

70 x 121 cm

900 - 1,200

186

Bill Sutton

Portrait of the artists' brother

oil on canvas on board

signed W .A. Sutton and dated ' 43

103 x 83 cm

700 - 1,000

187

Bill Sutton

Portrait of a man reading

oil on canvas

49 x 59 cm

500 - 700

188

Douglas MacDiarmid

Mediterranean Port

oil on canvas

signed and dated 1947

22 x 32 cm t: -n)

600 - 800 E) ') ' U

189

Douglas MacDiarmid

Cafe Scene, Ponte Lecchia, Corsica

watercolour

sig ned in ink

26 x 36 cm

650 - 850

190

Douglas MacDiarmid

Park in Paris

watercolour

signed in ink

26 x 34 cm

400 - 600

191

Olivia Spencer Bower

Portrait of a woman playing a piano

pencil and conte drawing

signed

54 x 43 cm

400 - 500

192

Olivia Spencer Bower Arthur's Point, Queenstown

watercolour signed in pencil

39 x 47 cm

800 - 1,000

193

Olivia Spencer Bower Cimbrone Garden above Amalfi

watercolour

signed in brushpoint

47 x 64 cm

1,200 - 1,600

194

Olivia Spencer Bower

Window with Daffodils, Queenstown

watercolour

signed in brushpoint

57 x 47 cm

800 - 1,000

195

Olivia Spencer Bower

Nikaus at Punakiaki

watercolour

signed in pencil

c. 1950

39 x 57 cm

800 - 1,000 \ 10-V

196

198

Olivia Spencer Bower Olivia Spencer Bower

Beeches, Castle Hill Olive Trees at Assissi

watercolour C. 1949

watercolour signed in brushpoint signed in ink

39 x 51 cm 25 x 35 cm

800 - 1,000 650 - 750

197

Olivia Spencer Bower 199

Portrait of an old lady in check Douglas Hadcock coat From Porters Pass

watercolour oil on hardboard

signed in brushpoint

and dated '63

200

Bill Sutton

Portrait of Nan in a yellow dress

oil on canvas

signed and dated '72

75 x 62 cm

400 - 600

201

Bill Sutton

Portrait of a Man Reading

oil on canvas

49 x 59 cm

500 - 700

202

Sir Mountford Tosswill Woollaston

Nelson landscape

watercolour

signed and dated 61 in brushpoint

27 x 36 cm

600- 900 )~

203

Helen Brown

Coastal Scene, Auckland

watercolour signed

22 x 30 cm · 450 - 550

204

Michael Smither Cellist

pencil drawing signed M.D.S. and dated '70

29 x 21 cm

250 - 350

205

No lot.

Early 20th Century historical New Zealand and European Painting

206

Bessie Christie

Tropical Birds

cotton embroidery signed and dated 1946

77 x 56 cm

(illustrated)

500 - 600

207

John Weeks

Untitled drawing

charcoal signed in pencil

27 x 36 cm

500 - 700

208

John Weeks

The Green Hill

watercolour

42 x 53 cm ::-i)

(illustrated) q--:'] °J

1,000 - 1,500 /,/'

209

John Weeks

Abstract monotype

signed

32 x 25 cm

600 - 800

210

Elizabeth Kelly

Beached Fishing Boats

oil on board

signed

26 x 34 cm

(illustrated)

1,500 - 1,800

211

Sydney Lough Thompson

South Island Riverbed

oil on board

signed with initials

28 x 45 cm

1,500 - 2,000

212

Ida Eise

Beach near Auckland

oil on board

signed

29 x 37 cm

600 - 800

213

Sydney Lough Thompson

Grey morning on the River

Seine

oil on board

signed

33 x 40 cm

2,500 - 3,000

214

Herbert Tornquist

Tapu Trees Papa Aroha 1928

oil on board

signed

24 x 29 cm

500 - 700 215

Sydney Hamlet Higgs

Boatsheds, Wellington

watercolour

signed in brushpoint

28 x 37 cm

600 - 700

216

Elsie Mourant

Harbour beach, Auckland

oil on board

sgined

38 x 45 cm

400 - 500

217

K. Airini Vane

Vane Tempest Castle

gouache

signed and dated '28 in pencil

26 x 37 cm

350 - 500

218

Maude Sherwood

Seated and Semi Draped Nude Girl

watercolour

signed in brushpoint

47 x 33 cm ---r-...t:J (illustrated) () V ' v

3,000 - 5,000

219

Maude Sherwood Morrocan Market

watercolour

37 x 25 cm

W ith John Leech Gallery certificate of a11thenticity

Collection: The artist's family

900 - 1,200

220

Maude Sherwood

Street Scene, Tunis

watercolour

37 x 25 cm

With John Leech Gallery certificate of authenticity

Collection: The artist's family

900 - 1,200 SW

221

Ida Eise Fowlyard

oil on board

signed and dated 1950

29 x 37 cm

700 - 900

222

Peggy Spicer { { tK)

Blue Boats, Queen's Wharf, Auckland

oil on board

signed

37 x 46 cm

800 - 1,000

223

Cedric Savage

Barcelona, Spain Castle Defels

watercolour signed in brushpoint

50 x 63 cm

500 - 700

224

Alice F Whyte

Still Life, Roses

watercolour signed in brushpoint

51 x 89 cm

800 X 1,000

225

Veda Steinert

Fairground

oil on board signed

58 x 48 cm

500 - 600

226

John Weeks

Two Boats, Saint Tropez

oil on cardboard. 1926 signed in brushpoint

39 x 45 cm (illustrated) f/ v

1,200 - 2,000

22'7

Cecil Kelly

Mt Sefton

oil on canvas

signed

63 x 75 cm (illustrated) 2,500 - 3,500

231

John Kinder

St Stephens Chapel and Burial Ground Taurarua (Judges Bay)

Auckland

Mr Swainson's in the middle: Judge Martin's house and garden on the left (residence of the Bishop 1857): St Paul's and part of Auckland in the distance.

watercolour

Descriptive title inscribed in pencil in the artist's hand on reverse of sheet.

27.5 x 38.3 cm

(illustrated) / _ i}"'iii)

10,000 - 15,000 (9

232

Petrus van der Velden

Peasant Girl with Suitor (Sweethearts)

oil on canvas

113 x 72 cm

Collection: Mrs N.N. Downes, Christchurch

Reference and illustration: Petrus van der Velden, A Catalogue Raisonne, T.L.R. Wilson. vol II p.80 D(l.4.2.15)

see also p.86 (illustrated)

10,000 - 15,000

228

Maude Sherwood

The Spit, Sydney Harbour watercolour

signed in brushpoint

41 X 65 Cm ..,.-. r ~

2,500 - 3,500 j-V ' -

229

Charles Frederick Goldie

Portrait of Tamaiti Tukino, an Arawa Chieftainess

oil on board

signed C.F. Goldie and dated 1915

Original black stained kauri frame has label on back with title, signature and price of 8-8-0 in ink in the artist's hand. 20 x 15 cm (illustrated) 1,_ c)i70

12,000 - 16,000 r

230

C.F. Goldie

His Life and Painting 1977 with C.F. Goldie

Prints Drawings and Criticism

1979

a matched set each no 10 from the limited edition and autographed by the publisher

1,000 - 1,300

Lot 227

233

Edward Fristrom

Standing girl in blue dress oil on canvas board

signed

50 x 28 cm

(illustrated)

2,500 - 3,500

234

Thomas Bush Hardy 1842-1897

Boats in Harbour

watercolour signed in brushpoint

21 x 38 cm

700 - 1,000

235

L. van der Vlist 1894-1962

Canal with Bridge oil on panel

signed

38 x 57 cm

800 - 1,000

236

Edward Hargitt 1835-1895

Stag chased by Hounds

watercolour

signed and dated 1873 in brushpoint

39 x 59 cm

700 - 1,000

237

Albert Ernest Markes 1865-1901

P & 0 Liner Britannia, London

watercolour

signed in brushpoint

29 x 20 cm

850 - 1,000

238

John Douglas Perrett Mt Cook for Lake Tekapo oil on canvas signed

72 x 21 cm (illustrated)

6,000 - 8,000

239

John Gully

Outside the entrance to Wellington Harbour watercolour signed in brushpoint

25 x 36 cm

2,000 - 3,000

240

James Peele Wanganui River

oil on canvas signed and dated 1900

55 x 40 cm J-,

2,000 - 2,500 I

241

Frank Wright

Maori Woman and a boy crossing a Stream watercolour signed in brushpoint

29 x 44 cm (illustrated)

3,000 - 3,500

242

Charles Blomfield

The Huka Falls oil on board c.1887

32 x 23 cm

Another version of this work is illustrated in Charles Blomfield His Life and Times. Murial Williams p.111 (illustrated)

1,600 - 2,000

243

W.G. Baker Waikato River oil on canvas signed

27 x 42 cm (illustrated)

2,000 - 2,500

244

Trevor Lloyd

Young Maori Mother and Child oil on board

43 x 25 cm with provenance (illustrated) G:.. r-.-£:J

700 - 1,000 (/ u1

245

Alfred Wilson Walsh

Small boat with two figures off the Coast watercolour signed with initials and dated '93 in pencil

18 x 44 cm 1,200 - 1,600

246

W. Menzies Gibb Fishing Port oil on board signed

28x40cm

800 - 1,000

Lot 231

247

James Crowe Richmond

Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples watercolour

signed and dated 1887 in brushpoint

36 x 53 cm

2,500 - 3,500

248

Tom Peerless

A pair of watercolours of New Zealand Lake Scenes each signed in brushpoint each 37 x 53 cm

5,000 - 6,000

249

W .J. Shayer b .1811

Cattle in a Landscape

oil on canvas

signed and dated 1849

60 x 80 cm

3,000 - 5,000

250

Maxwell Ashby Armfield 1882-1972

Landscape

oil on board

signed A 12 x 21 cm

(illustrated)

800 - 1,200

251

Late 17th Century Dutch School

Two portraits, one of a bearded man and another of a woman, both in frilled collars on oval panels

each 26 x 21 cm (illustrated)

1,500 - 2,000

252

Paulus Potter

Red Cow in Landscape oil on canvas

Has a faded 17th Century French label and a 19th Century letter of authentication pasted on the back

37 x 46 cm (illustrated)

1,000 - 1,500

253

W. Mulready 1786-1863

Cottage Interior with Woman and Three Children

oil on canvas

signed and dated 1856

49 x 57 cm (illustrated)

1,200 - 1,600

254

Sir Godfrey Kneller 1646-1723

Portrait of a Gentleman in Courtly Dress

oil on canvas

126 x 100 cm

Provenance: Dr Hurley of Cork and by descent to present owner (illustrated)

5,000 - 8,000

255

William Etty 1787-1849

Male Figure Study

oil on board signed

60 x 29 cm (illustrated)

5,000 - 8,000

256

William Etty Study of a Child Sleeping

oil on board

17 x 21 cm oval

1,200 - 1,600

257

Henry Edridge 1769-1821 (attrb.)

Cathedral City on a River oil on canvas

Attribution to H. Edridge on 19th Century gum spot on stretcher

36 x 60 cm (illustrated)

4,000 - 8,000

258

Margaret Olrog Stoddard

Autumn in the Park

watercolour signed in brushpoint

25 x 36 cm (illustrated) '1,'lW

3,500 - 5,500 J

259

Horace Moore-Jones

Portrait of a Maori Woman oil on canvas signed 49 x 29 cm (illustrated)

2,500 - 3,500

260

George O'Brien

Road beside a River and Lake

watercolour signed with initials in brushpoint 17 x 25 cm (illustrated)

3,000 - 3,500

261

Thomas Rowlandson Lady and Gentleman on a Promenade

sepia ink and wash drawing signed in ink

32 x 22 cm (illustrated)

1,000 - 2,000

262

Richard Parkes Bonington 1801-1828 (attributed)

A turk reclining with a slave and attendant watercolour with impressed collector's mark lower left.

A 19th Century label cut from an exhibition catalogue attributes this sketch to Bonington and records that it was lent to the catalogue by Sir William Drake

(illustrated)

1,500 - 2,500

263

17th Century Dutch School

Still Life with Lobsters and Lemons

oil on panel

26 x 35 cm

700 - 1,000

264

William Henry Fisk 1827-1884

Still Life with Grapes and Birds Nest oil on board

signed

23 x 30 cm

1,200 - 1,600

265

Mabel Hill

From a window, drying nets

watercolour

signed in brushpoint ,,,,,.-r--.

27 x 29 cm .(""~ V

800 - 1,000 ..J

266

Frank Wright

Te Whaiti

watercolour

inscribed and signed and dated 1912 in brush point

17 x 25 cm

900 - 1,100

267

A. Jarvis

Milford Sound New Zealand

oil on canvas signed and dated 1916

61 x 86 cm

1,500 - 2,000

268

T .R. Attwood

Pelorous Sound

269

William Mathew Hodgkins

A May morning, Rees Valley Lake Wakatipu

Lot

270

19th Century Norwich School

Farmhouse with Figures and Cows

oil on canvas

63 x 75 cm

5,000 - 7,000

271

British School c.1820

Landscape with Ruins and Shepherd

oil on canvas

64 x 81 cm

800 - 1,000 35

272

Claude Gelee (Lorrain) school of Classical wooded landscape with figures

oil on canvas bears the signature Claude G

46 x 56 cm (illustrated)

5,000 -

Lot 238

273

J. Elder Moultray

Mountain and River Landscape

38 x 58 cm

1,000 - 1,500

274

Charles N. Worsley

Lake Manapouri

watercolour signed in brushpoint

16 x 33 cm

900 - 1,200

275

Alfred Wilson Walsh

Pumpkin Cottage

watercolour

signed in brushpoint

12.5 x 8.5 cm \. f.., _ C'\

400 - 500 1 (TV

276

J.D. Perrett

In the Sounds signed

37 x 57 cm

2,000 - 2,500

277

T .R. Attwood

West Coast Gorge

x 39 cm

3,000 - 3,500

278

J.C. Hoyte

Ships at anchor in Bay watercolour

x 30 cm

- 2,500

279

H.C. Bevan Petman

Karachi Gymkhana

and dated 1936

- 2,000

280

Guiseppe Annelli 19th Century

Italian Street Musician Via Della Frezza

Lot 250

281

17th Century Italian School

A group of travellers resting in front of ruins

on canvas 48-..,: 64 cm 1,500 - 2,500

282

James Campbell Noble 1846-1913

Two peasant girls oil on canvas signed and dated 1875-8 63 x 51 cm 1,000 - 1,500

283

Henry Bright 1814-1873

Paddle Steamer and Sailing Ship

charcoal drawing with chinese ink signed with initials 19 x 31 cm (illustrated)

500 - 700

284

Gottlieb Boss 1857-1883

Portrait of a uniformed official oil on canvas signed and dated '72

36 x 30 cm

(illustrated)

700 - 1,000

285

N .z. School C. 1900

Picnickers at the beach oil on canvas bears faint signature

49 x 27 cm

800 - 1,000

286

W.J. Wadham

River Scene with Native Settlement

watercolour signed in brushpoint

46 x 72 cm

1,200-1,600

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