Select, September 2023

Modern and Contemporary Art

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0674 Auction Catalogue September 2023

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Tony de Lautour, Plan with Heads, 2006, acrylic on paper, 500 × 220mm, EST $1,500 — $2,500

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Entries are now invited for Pencil Case Painters — a curated live auction that will take place later this year.

The catalogue presents work by six highly regarded artists: Shane Cotton, Bill Hammond, Tony de Lautour, Saskia Leek, Séraphine Pick, and Peter Robinson. As a group these artists are referred to as the ‘pencil case painters’. The moniker captures the doodle-like qualities of works created by this collective in the early 1990s at Ilam School of Fine Arts.

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1 Bill Hammond, Melting Moments I, 1999, acrylic on canvas, 1600 × 2140mm, est $1,500,000 — $2,500,000 price realised incl. bp $1,715,000 new artist record

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Our most recent Works of Art auction was held on 28 August and proved a thrilling highlight of the year so far. The sale’s headline lot, Melting Moments I by Bill Hammond, sold for an incredible price of $1,715,000, and a number of other works achieving sensational results.

The painting garnered a huge amount of pre-auction interest. Both our Wellington and Auckland galleries welcomed a steady stream of visitors during the viewing period, and we thank each of you for coming. Prices of more than $1,000,000 are rarely seen in New Zealand, and the result is an all-time record for the late Hammond — almost doubling the previous record price of $940,000, which Webb’s achieved for sister painting Melting Moments II in 2021. The sale reaffirms Hammond’s status as one of our true 'blue chip' artists.

Other sales highlights from the evening include Teuane Tibbo's Butterfly Flowers, which sold well above estimate at $25,709, and Brent Wong's architectural study The Bequest, which achieved $177,516.

The results from Works of Art exemplify a local market that continues to mature beautifully, and we are honoured to witness and be part of this. We are now beginning the consignment process for our next Works of Art auction, set to take place 27 November. If you have a major work that you are considering bringing to market, please contact us for an obligation-free appraisal.

2 Teuane Tibbo, Butterfly Flowers c1965, acrylic on board, 600 x 895mm est $12,000 — $18,000 price realised incl. bp $25,709

3 Colin McCahon, The North Otago Landscape as Described by Prof. C. A. Cotton & Seen by Colin McCahon, 1972, watercolour on paper 490 x 600mm, est $120,000 — $180,000 price realised incl. bp $177,516

4 Brent Wong, The Bequest, 1970, acrylic on board, 580 x 1000mm est $80,000 — $140,000 price realised incl. bp $177,516

5 Peter Stichbury, Untitled, 2000 acrylic on linen, 1070 x 920mm est $80,000 — $120,000 price realised incl. bp $97,940

6 A. Lois White, Horses oil on canvas, 540 x 700mm est $80,000 — $140,000 price realised incl. bp $97,940

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Index of Artists

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Foreword

Mark Hutchins-Pond, Specialist, Art

Kia ora koutou, nau mai here mai; greetings and welcome to our September Select catalogue. The Webb’s art team are proud to present another outstanding collection of premium artworks for our September Select catalogue, on back of the success of our Works of Art auction, that saw, once again, Webb’s achieve a new sales record, this time for a work by the renowned artist, Bill Hammond.

▲ Mark Hutchins-Pond, Specialist, Art

Featured in this catalogue are a number of artworks created by the influential artist collective The Group, who were active from 1927 through to 1977. Artists from The Group included are Olivia Spencer Bower, Doris Lusk, Leo Bensemann, Rata Lovell-Smith and Ralph Hōtere. The works range in mediums and styles and but all capture are fine impressions of the New Zealand landscape. A lovely highlight amongst these is a very early and surprisingly atypical watercolour

by Hōtere, depicting a harbour scene with a yacht at anchor.

Another standout piece also by an artist from The Group, is an exquisite early watercolour of a woman elegantly reclining on what looks to be a day bed by Louise Henderson. Muted in colour, rich in pattern and delineated beautifully in crisp light, this work is a lovely exemplar of the artists life-long love of pattern and design. The stylistic characteristics of this work suggest it was painted sometime in the mid to late 1930s, during which time the artist and her husband were living in Christchurch, and Henderson was a significant member of The Group.

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There is no reference to who the As always, for those with a love of woman painted is. But there is sculpture there are bronze works quality about the work which is

by Paul Dibble and Terry Stringer, evocative of her French heritage, and an exciting international and a style similar to those French highlight, is a rare figurative artist’s she very likely was exposed sculpture in black marble by the to, such as Édouard Vuillard and famous film actor of the 30s, his colleagues of Les Nabis.

40s and 50s, Anthony Quinn.

Joanna Margaret Paul, who also exhibited with members of The Group, has five works in this catalogue, each of which beautifully demonstrates Paul’s elegant use of line, warm yet soft colour, and wonderful economy of form.

Further to our offering of New Zealand scenery are some our iconic North Island landscape painters. This includes a group of preparatory drawings by Don Binney, two oil works by Helen Brown and Michael Smither, and a richly varied collection of suburban architectural paintings

by Peter Siddell, spanning three decades of the artist’s practice.

And for those passionate about photography, there are a suite of rare silver gelatine prints by Glen Jowitt. Most notably, three striking images from his brilliantly evocative horse racing series. Alongside these are some stunning photographic works by Fiona Pardington and Yvonne Todd.

We are thrilled to share this catalogues collection of high calibre artworks, that we hope you enjoy perusing our September Select catalogue. Prior to the live auction on Monday 25 September, a curated collection of works from the catalogue will be presented for viewing in our Wellington gallery, before all the works are exhibited Also on offer are excellent in our Auckland gallery. If you are examples of some of our foremost unable to view the works in person celebrated abstract artists, from or have any questions about the Gordon Walters and Ian Scott’s auction, please do get in touch, our precisely delineated compositions, team would love to hear from you. to André Hemer’s blend of traditional with digital processes.

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Programme Wellington Launch Event Wednesday 13

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Thursday 1 4 — Friday 15

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Plates

141 Lots

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1 Robin White, Nautilus 1984 handcoloured woodcut print on paper, 3/30 signed, dated and title inscribed 300 × 185mm EST $1,500 — $2,500

2 Robin White, Two Shells called Nouo 1984 handcoloured woodcut print on paper, 3/30 signed, dated and title inscribed 300 × 185mm EST $1,500 — $2,500

3 Robin White, Three Nouo Broken Shells 1984 handcoloured woodcut print on paper, 3/31 signed, dated and title inscribed 300 × 185mm EST $1,500 — $2,500

4 Robin White, The Clam 1984 handcoloured woodcut print on paper, 3/32 signed, dated and title inscribed 300 × 185mm EST $1,500 — $2,500

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5 Eion Stevens, Bridge 1992 oil on board signed, dated and title inscribed 880 × 870mm EST $3,000 — $5,000

6 Pat Hanly, Life Goes On 1982 screenprint on paper, 3/40 signed, dated and title inscribed 530 × 530mm EST $3,000 — $5,000

7 Pat Hanly, Woman & Bouquet 1995 lithograph on paper, 21/50 signed, dated and title inscribed 330 × 430mm EST $4,000 — $8,000

8 Richard Killeen, Dragonfly Book 2020 digital print on paper signed, dated and title inscribed 280 × 280mm EST $2,000 — $4,000

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9 Richard Killeen, Still Life with Fork 1995 gouache on paper signed, dated and title inscribed 440 × 568mm EST $2,000 — $4,000

10 Joanna Margaret Paul, Afternoon watercolour on paper title inscribed 185 × 560mm EST $1,200 — $1,800

11 Joanna Margaret Paul, Self Portrait acrylic on paper 590 × 440mm EST $1,500 — $2,500

12 Joanna Margaret Paul, untitled 1992 graphite on paper signed and dated 300 × 210mm EST $1,000 — $2,000

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13 Joanna Margaret Paul, untitled (Swimmers) pastel and graphite on paper 230 × 320mm EST $1,000 — $2,000

14 Joanna Margaret Paul, Still Life oil on board 435 × 435mm EST $1,000 — $2,000

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Glen Jowitt

Traditions of the Pacific

Glenn Jowitt was an artist, author and educator whose photographic practice is recognised as significant both locally and internationally.

He studied art and design at the University of Canterbury’s Ilam School of Fine Arts in Ōtautahi Christchurch in the late 1970s.

Jowitt’s artistic legacy is his photographic oeuvre of the 80s onwards that captured, through his signature documentary style, Pacific communities in public and personal spaces both in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland and back in their island homes.

Jowitt travelled in 1980 to America for a study trip, and it was this experience that provoked his life-long interest in photographing Indigenous cultures, particularly those communities that had immigrated from continents elsewhere; but it was images of the lives of Pacific people and their cultures he wished to document in a way that showed how they have culturally enriched Aotearoa New Zealand.

During his time in the US he met former Life magazine editor Ruth Lester. Lester remarked to the artist about “the number of Pacific Islanders who appeared in his black and white shots of Auckland’s Karangahape Rd and Queen St, suggesting that they would change the face of this city in the same way that Latinos had changed New York.”1 Jowitt returned to Aotearoa and began to avidly photograph the Pacific families who lived in his Tāmaki Makaurau home neighbourhoods of Ponsonby and Grey Lynn. Jowitt only photographed those with whom he was familiar, either because he was considered a friend, or because he had spent enough time with those being photographed that he was afforded the right to use his camera. The relationships Jowitt

forged with his subjects were so significant that he found himself then invited to visit their families back in the Islands. In 1981 he spent six months in the Cook Islands, Niue, Sāmoa, Tonga and Tokelau; the body of work that transpired during this island sojourn was later exhibited alongside images taken in Tāmaki Makaurau, in an exhibition titled Polynesia Here and There (1983). Many of these photographs featured in his 1986 monograph Pacific Images. ▲ Athol McCredie, “Photographer Glenn Jowitt Passes 1

Away,” Te Papa Blog, 26 July 2014, https://blog.tepapa.govt. nz/2014/07/26/photographer-glenn-jowitt-passes-away/

▲ Ron Brownson, “Eulogy: Glenn Jowitt 1955–2014,” Jowitt Photography, 2

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15 Glen Jowitt, She Devil and Baldie, Black Power 1979 silver gelatin print, 1/5 signed, dated and title inscribed 320 × 490mm EST $1,000 — $2,000

16 Glen Jowitt, Riccarton 1978 silver gelatin print signed, dated and title inscribed 140 × 200mm EST $1,000 — $2,000

17 Glen Jowitt, Rangiora Races 1978 silver gelatin print signed, dated and title inscribed 140 × 200mm EST $1,000 — $2,000

18 Glen Jowitt, Waterloo, Blenhiem, 11th of April, 1978 silver gelatin print signed, dated and title inscribed 230 × 340mm EST $1,000 — $2,000

Jowitt produced photographs in both black and white, and colour. The choice to use one over the other was made to convey mood and communicate a certain atmosphere. The four monochrome photographs featured in this catalogue predate his Pacificthemed, colour photographs of the 1980s and 90s. In three of the featured prints, She Devil and Baldie, Black Power (1979) and Riccarton (1978), the blackness is intentionally subfusc, to create a serious and sombre effect. Conversely, there is a more convivial mood captured in Rangiora Races (1978) and Waterloo, Blenheim (1978), from Jowitt’s Race Day series. Later in his career, rather than take images of Pacific people at work in factories or cleaning, that would show the financial realities for many living in Aotearoa, Jowitt chose to capture events and moments that celebrated an innate capacity for joy despite hardship.

In a eulogy at Glenn Jowitt’s funeral in 2014, the late Ron Brownson (then Senior Curator New Zealand and Pacific Art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki) described his friend as someone who “cherished the astonishingly important traditions of the Pacific — be they expressed in heritage, traditional and customary ways as well as in contemporary and urban ways. The energy and the talent of Pacific peoples became one of the beacons which Glenn Jowitt’s art sought to affirm, acknowledge and celebrate. Glenn was trusted. He undertook his legwork properly and with politeness and correctness.2 27

19 Roger Mortimer, untitled acrylic on canvas 1040 × 740mm EST $7,000 — $9,000

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20 Max Gimblett, My History 2011 screenprint with gold foil on paper 380 × 280mm EST $2,000 — $4,000

21 Andy Leleisi'uao, untitled acrylic on canvas signed 605 × 450mm EST $4,500 — $8,500

22 Hariata Ropata–Tangahoe, I Want it Iwi! 2022 acrylic on canvas signed and dated 890 × 585mm EST $6,500 — $8,500

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23 Ian Scott, Small Lattice No. 134 c1986 acrylic on canvas signed and title inscribed 910 × 910mm EST $18,000 — $26,000

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Ian Scott

Ian Scott was a New Zealand artist who, during the course of his fifty-year career, continued to challenge local art conceptions of what constituted good taste, and what defined New Zealand art. It could be said that Scott was a bit of a punster; he frequently poked fun at the New Zealand art world in the form of cliché and parody as critical commentary.

When Scott began his career, naturalistic landscape painting was the leading style in New Zealand. He naturally followed suit, and established himself as a distinguished landscape painter.

However, by the late 1960s Scott began to rebel against these confines to forge a new style as he turned his focus to what was happening and current internationally in Europe and America. By the 1970s all traces of realist scene representation were gone from his work.

In 1975 Scott began working on a series of purely abstract compositions that would become his trademark style, ubiquitously know as his Lattice series.

Stylistically, these paintings draw heavily on the formal and conceptual work of European modernists Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg, and American pop artists Roy Lichtenstein and Kenneth Noland.

Small Lattice No. 134 The visual influences of Mondrian’s and Noland’s clean geometric designs, van Doesburg’s field paintings, and Lichtenstein’s use of commercial tropes are clearly recognisable in Scott’s Lattice works. Scott was well aware of these practices and intentionally borrowed and incorporated aspects into his own.

In the case of his Lattice paintings, appropriation is partly an act of homage. However, this motif is uniquely the artist’s own, and it served as a modus operandi for rigorous formal exploration. While the majority of works in Scott’s Lattice series were produced between 1976 and 1982, he frequently returned to the abstract motif, right up until the 1990s.

Small Lattice No. 134, featured here, is a sophisticated work; it has the trademark finesse of Scott’s Lattice series — that combination of chic cool and intellectual refinement. The lattice motif is composed of interlaced diagonal bands of line and colour that come together with a striking effect, which is part of the reason that these remain covetable works of art to this day.

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25 Judy Millar, Untitled 2005 acrylic on canvas signed and dated 1020 × 720mm EST $5,000 — $10,000

24 André Hemer, An Image Cast by the Sun #19 2019 acrylic and pigment on canvas signed, dated and title inscribed 230 × 160mm EST $2,500 — $3,500

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27 Stephen Bambury, Homage to Morandi (No. 6) 1984 acrylic on canvas signed, dated and title inscribed 310 × 310 × 60mm (widest points) EST $9,000 — $12,000

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Stephen Bambury, Site Works Set 5 (No. 5) 1980 acrylic on canvas signed, dated and title inscribed 735 × 380mm (widest points) $6,000 — $10,000

28 Lorraine Rastorfer, Abend Himmel (Evening Sky) 2008 acrylic on board signed, dated and title inscribed 1200 × 2400mm EST $8,000 — $12,000

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29 Tony de Lautour, Monument Plan 2002 oil and acrylic on canvas signed, dated and title inscribed 500 × 300mm EST $4,500 — $7,500

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30 Bill Hammond, Singer Songwriter I 2001 lithograph on paper signed, dated and title inscribed 700 × 840mm EST $15,000 — $20,000

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31 Terry Stringer, Tribute to Giacometti 2018 bronze signed and dated 1790 × 305 × 305mm (widest points) EST $17,500 — $25,000

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32 Paul Dibble, untitled 2002 bronze, 2/3 signed and dated 640 × 240 × 200mm (widest points) EST $12,000 — $18,000

33 Anthony Quinn, Sebah c1983 marble signed 600 × 200 × 200mm (widest points) EST $6,000 — $12,000

34 Terry Stringer, Head of Madame Moitessier 2011 bronze, 2/2 signed and dated 550 × 150 × 150mm (widest points) EST $10,000 — $15,000

35 Terry Stringer, Youth 1997 bronze, 1/3 signed, dated and title inscribed 310 × 130 × 140mm EST $5,000 — $8,000

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36 Michael Parekōwhai, Kapa Haka 2014 automotive paint on Fibreglass, edition of 100 410 × 125 × 100mm (widest points) EST $30,000 — $50,000

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Michael Parekōwhai

Kapa Haka

Michael Parekōwhai’s (Ngā Ariki Kaiputahi, Ngāti Whakarongo) installation piece Kapa Haka was commissioned for the exhibition Paradise Now? Contemporary Art from the Pacific (2004), held at the Asia Society Museum in New York. The 15 near-identical, lifesized, glossy fibreglass figures, posed as security guards, were originally positioned outside the museum as though guarding the precious treasures within. Measuring around six feet tall and solid in stature, each of the guards stood with legs apart and arms staunchly crossed, collectively packing a powerful punch.

This work, Kapa Haka (2014), is smaller in stature and is wallmounted. The figure’s head is slightly tilted up, and even at 42cm high and standing alone the work commands presence, strength and stature. In a similar manner to Parekōwhai’s earlier work Poorman, Beggarman, Thief (1996), which was modelled on his father, Kapa Haka is modelled on the artist’s brother, Paratene, who was working as a security guard. The use of repetition in Kapa Haka draws attention to issues of identity, since Parekōwhai’s mannequins are afforded scant individuality. The various iterations of Kapa Haka are only differentiated by small features. By crafting a crowd of identical sameness, Parekōwhai invites the spectator to imagine the full spectrum of difference and individuality that quietly thrives under the pretence of an apparently indistinguishable exterior.

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37 Carl Sydow, Untitled 1974 Letrafilm on paper signed and dated 840 × 610mm EST $3,000 — $6,000

38 Ani O'Neill, There's No Place Like Home 1998 wool on steel ring 105 × 105mm (diameter, each) EST $2,500 — $4,500

39 Martin Thompson, untitled ink on paper 520 × 1030mm EST $3,500 — $5,500

40 Carl Sydow, untitled 1973 Letrafilm on paper signed and dated 610 × 840 mm EST $3,000 — $6,000

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41 Gordon Walters, Tiki 1966. printed 2022 screenprint on paper, edition of 100 indented with Walters Estate blindstamp 1055 × 805mm EST $5,500 — $7,500

43 Gordon Walters, Genealogy 5 1971. printed 2023 screenprint on paper indented with Walters Estate blindstamp 1170 × 1045mm EST $5,500 — $7,500

42 Gordon Walters, Tahi 1969. printed 2021 screenprint on paper, edition of 100 indented with Walters Estate blindstamp 1055 × 805mm EST $5,500 — $7,500

44 Tia Ansell, Rae 2021 acrylic on handmade weaving signed, dated and title inscribed 330 × 220mm EST $2,500 — $4,500

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45 Jeffrey Harris, Figures in Landscape (With Crucifixion Angels) 1976 oil on board signed and dated 180 × 260mm EST $8,000 — $12,000

46 Jeffrey Harris, Cross IV 2001–2002 oil on board signed, dated and title inscribed 565 × 753mm EST $4,500 — $8,500

47 Jeffrey Harris, untitled 1987 charcoal on paper signed and dated 1020 × 1500mm EST $6,000 — $8,000

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Jeffrey Harris

Religion and the Pastoral Tradition

Much like Colin McCahon, Don Binney and Rita Angus — who also navigated figurative painting in the 1970s — Jeffery Harris’s oeuvre is permeated by the spectral aura of New Zealand’s pastoral tradition. Harris was of a younger generation, and his artistic vision diverged markedly from that of these predecessors. Where earlier artists had imbued the New Zealand terrain with mythic sensibilities, offering fertile ground for both sustenance and existential contemplation, Harris opted for a more complex tableau. He employed the landscape as a backdrop for unfolding psychodramas, punctuated by characters with abstracted facial features. Despite often employing a vibrant palette, Harris’s landscapes exude a darker resonance, faintly echoing the tension found in Grant Wood’s American Gothic (1930).

Born in 1949 in the bucolic area known as French Farm on Banks Peninsula, Harris’s dairy-farming lineage is not merely confined to his depicted settings; it reverberates in his use of Christian iconography. In Peter Ireland’s 1977 article about Harris’s practise, Ireland describes his use of religious motifs as simultaneously ‘overt’ and ‘covert’.1 He invokes Luit Bieringa’s commentary on McCahon, featured in the catalogue for the 1972 Manawatū Art Gallery exhibition, McCahon: ‘Religious’ Works 1956 to 1952: “Bieringa [was] careful to qualify the adjective ‘religious’ so as to avoid any narrow interpretations of the term, to avoid labelling the works as Christian despite their obvious Christian symbolism.”2 Ireland thus posited that while McCahon and Harris differed in their invocation of religious themes, they could be analysed through a similar interpretive lens.

This catalogue includes a trio of works from divergent facets of Harris’s oeuvre.

Though hailing from disparate periods, they all incorporate religious motifs. Figures in Landscape (With Crucifixion Angels) is a seminal painting from the mid-1970s, awash with Christian symbology – angels, crucifixion and baptism – rendered in a pared-down, cartoon-like style that builds upon Michael Smither’s hyperrealism of the 1960s. An untitled charcoal work from 1987 dispenses with overtly Christian symbols, opting instead for a serpent as an admonitory allegory of avarice, poignantly created in the same year as a significant stock market crash.

Finally, Cross IV, conceived between 2001 and 2002 after Harris’s return to Dunedin from an extended time in Australia, incorporates a palette and abstract crucifix that pay homage to McCahon’s late series, Truth from the King Country (1978).

While curators, historians and ‘those in the know’ have long recognised Harris’s importance, his works are still available at auction for relatively modest sums. Yet this window of opportunity won’t last forever.

Figures in Landscape (With Crucifixion Angels), in particular, is a salient expression of New Zealand culture, emblematic of both the fears and aspirations that defined its era. It occupies an established place within the national canon, and its significance will be amplified by the passage of time.

▲ Peter Ireland, “The Recent Small 1

Paintings of Jeffrey Harris,” Art New Zealand 6, June/July 1977, 12.

▲ Ibid.

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Ralph Hōtere, Jetty c1950s watercolour on paper signed 280 × 380mm $5,000 — $8,000

50 Doris Lusk, Hawea Jan 1972 1972 watercolour on paper signed, dated and title inscribed 370 × 540mm EST $4,000 — $6,000

49 Doris Lusk, Two Reclining Women: Life Study 1986 oil on canvas signed, dated and title inscribed 600 × 720mm EST $5,000 — $10,000

51 Leo Bensemann, untitled 1967 watercolour on paper signed and dated 310 × 470mm EST $6,000 — $8,000

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52 Louise Henderson, untitled c1935–40 watercolour on paper signed 430 × 320mm EST $5,000 — $8,000

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53 Adele Younghusband, Gulls Resting 1959 oil on board signed and dated 500 × 600mm EST $15,000 — $25,000

54 Adele Younghusband, Girl Ironing linocut on paper signed 190 × 150mm EST $1,800 — $2,800

55 Adele Younghusband, Begonia Still Life 1963 pastel and gouache on paper signed and dated 450 × 330mm EST $12,000 — $18,000

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Adele Younghusband

Progressive Painter

Adele Younghusband (1878–1969) subdued, she navigates the was an artist who made a profound world of colour with remarkable contribution to New Zealand finesse, seen here in Resting Gulls. art in the twentieth century. In The fluidity of her brushstrokes 1937, Younghusband travelled to reveals a mastery of technique, Melbourne, Australia, where she while her compositions tell studied with George Bell, and stories that transcend words. during this period she developed Younghusband’s still lifes are an interest in abstract and equally impressive. Evidenced in surrealist ideas. Following this, Begonia Still Life, she breathes she became known as a life into inanimate subjects, modernist, was called “a New infusing them with a sense of quiet Zealand surrealist” by Arthur elegance. Her compositions are a Hipwell in Art in New Zealand symphony of soft hues and subtle in 1941, and was one of the contrasts, showcasing her keen Phoenix Group of “progressive eye for detail and harmonious painters” in the 1950s. arrangement. Through all her Younghusband established a work, Younghusband invites reputation for her art deco linocuts, viewers to appreciate the often such as the woman with an iron overlooked intricacies of the here. Her prints exude a tactile mundane, elevating them to a quality, inviting viewers to explore realm of artistic significance. every crevice and line. Through Younghusband’s work, frequently this medium, Younghusband described as derivative of captures fleeting moments, multiple styles, and stylised, often translating them into enduring depicts the fabric of everyday life. pieces that speak of her keen Infatuated with abstraction, she observations of life’s nuances. fearlessly experimented across The simplicity and directness of a spectrum of mediums. This printmaking was especially well suited to the depiction of this new, collection features three distinct examples of her artistry, a rare modern twentieth-century life. juxtaposition that spans varied With an established and subjects and techniques. To successful career in photography, witness three of Younghusband’s it wasn’t until her 40s that works united within one Younghusband made a serious catalogue is an uncommon commitment to painting, where privilege, underscoring her her creativity found a new avenue expansive artistic range. for expression. With a palette that dances between bold and 47

56 Stephen Bambury, Ghost (XXII) 2005 chemical action and silver leaf on aluminium signed, dated and title inscribed 190 × 340mm EST $5,000 — $8,000

57 Don Peebles, "Canvas Relief" Red and Green 1989 acrylic on canvas on board signed, dated and title inscribed 600 × 1200mm EST $5,000 — $8,000

58 Miranda Parks, Curler 2019 acrylic on canvas signed, dated and title inscribed 1040 × 140mm (widest points) EST $4,000 — $7,000

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59 Elizabeth Thomson, North West Story I 2014 polychrome bronze on board signed, dated and title inscribed 800 × 900 × 20mm (widest points) EST $12,000 — $18,000

60 Wayne Youle, I Am What You Make Me screenprint on paper bags 325 × 590mm EST $2,500 — $4,500

61 Oliver Roake, untitled 2021 stained timber signed and dated 500mm (diameter) EST $5,000 — $8,000

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62 Don Binney, Lake Omapere 1963 charcoal on paper dated and title inscribed 270 × 374mm EST $3,000 — $6,000

63 Don Binney, Te Henga 1964 charcoal on paper signed, dated and title inscribed 274 × 374mm EST $5,000 — $8,000

64 Don Binney, untitled c2003 graphite on paper 285 × 210mm EST $3,500 — $5,000

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65 Colin McCahon, 15 Drawings lithographs on paper 255 × 182mm (each panel) EST $6,500 — $11,000

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66 Dick Frizzell, It's About Time 2007 screenprint on paper, 140/250 signed, dated and title inscribed 680 × 930mm EST $2,500 — $5,000

67 Dick Frizzell, Double Feature 1992 graphite and coloured pencil on paper signed, dated and title inscribed 300 × 350mm EST $4,000 — $8,000

68 Dick Frizzell, Ed's Eggs 2006 oil on canvas signed, dated and title inscribed 760 × 1015mm EST $16,000 — $24,000

69 Dick Frizzell, Another Big Kiss 2009 screenprint on paper, artist's proof signed, dated and title inscribed 800 × 800mm EST $2,000 — $4,000

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70 Richard Killeen, Cool McLeavey 2001 acrylic on powdercoated aluminium signed, dated and title inscribed 360 × 230mm (widest points) EST $7,000 — $9,000

71 Richard Killeen, Local Sign 2001 acrylic on powdercoated aluminium signed, dated and title inscribed 265 × 400mm (widest points) EST $6,000 — $8,000

72 Billy Apple, Interstate Longboard 2009 Longboard; computer cut vinyl, 1/10 1130 × 275 × 150mm (widest points) EST $4,000 — $8,000 73 After Andy Warhol, Moonwalk (Pink) 2000 screenprint on board, printed 2020 950 × 950mm EST $3,000 — $6,000 NOTE

Accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity

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Banksy

CND Soldiers

Street art has a history of being a form of social critique and political rebellion, typically lasting only as long as it takes for municipal authorities to remove it. The British street artist known only as Banksy, however, has elevated street art from its low-art origins into the gallery and the realm of high art.

Banksy has become famous for his distinctive stencilled artworks that touch on anti-consumerist and anti-authoritarian themes.

His work includes powerful, often controversial images, and his disruptive vision has impacted viewers across the globe at important moments in history. Although his identity remains mysterious and the subject of speculation, Banksy has become the world’s most well-known street artist, whose work has broken down boundaries and perceptions of street art and how it can function. Banksy has produced various limited edition print runs in a similar visual style to his stencilled street works, and his art has become highly sought after in the marketplace.

The imagery in CND Soldiers first appeared outside the Houses of Parliament in London during an antiwar protest. It depicts two soldiers crouching on the ground, one holding a machine gun and the other in the process of painting a red peace sign. This sign originally symbolised the British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), founded in 1957, and is now widely known as an international symbol of peace. In Banksy’s typical manner, the heavily armed soldiers are contrasted against the iconic symbol, questioning authority and the role that war plays in keeping peace. The soldiers, who would normally act on behalf of the government, are now represented as activists, graffitiing the wall in protest. The dripping red paint recalls blood; yet another contrast with the peace symbol.

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74 Banksy, CND Soldiers 2005 screenprint on paper, 93/350 700 × 500mm EST $40,000 — $60,000 NOTE

Accompanied by Pest Control Certificate of Authenticity.

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75 Yvonne Todd, Next time it will be Different 2021 offset print on paper, edition of 200 841 × 594mm EST $600 — $1,200

76 Robin White, Kereru 2011 screenprint on paper, artist's proof signed, dated and title inscribed 260 × 180mm EST $6,000 — $10,000

77 Heather Straka, George 2023 acrylic on board signed, dated and title inscribed 500 × 350mm EST $7,000 — $10,000

78 Robin White, Towards Makiu, 3pm 1988 screenprint and thread on paper, 5/10 signed, dated and title inscribed 285 × 210mm EST $2,000 — $4,000

79 Fiona Pardington, Still Life with Laszlo's Wilting Tulips 2018 inkjet print, 31/100 signed and dated 180 × 238mm EST $2,000 — $4,000

80 Cora Allen Lafaiki-Twiss, Tides Shift Softly 2022 acrylic on board signed, dated and title inscribed 200 × 355mm EST $2,000 — $3,000

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81 Stephen Ellis, Tanker at Anchor ink on paper 730 × 900mm EST $10,000 — $15,000

82 Shane Cotton, Things Behind the Sun XII 2021 acrylic on canvas signed and dated 255 × 350mm EST $8,500 — $12,500

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Yvonne Todd Yvonne Todd is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s finest contemporary photographers. Emerging in the late 1990s, she won the inaugural Walters Prize in 2002, and has consistently produced work since then. She is best known for her provoking portraits of women that incorporate styles of commercial fashion photography with a hint of irony. Todd’s work is often presented in series, to form a narrative between images.

The work here, Augusta, differs from Todd’s usual portraits. As a limited edition of three plus artist’s proofs, this work is part of the Barnacles series exhibited at Tauranga Art Gallery in 2016.

Barnacles supposedly draws on Todd’s experience of pregnancy and parenthood; although she has not been explicit about the exact meaning behind much of her art, her work offers a dialogue between pieces that allows for mulitple interpretations of each work, intentionally ambiguous.1

Augusta Augusta is an image of a discarded pink raincoat that Todd found in a gutter. The raincoat is portrayed with a sentient quality, floating eerily in an otherworldy atmosphere of inky black and pink.

The hood and right arm of the coat appear to want to conform to its intended utility, yet the tattered and withered left of the object is conversely resistant to doing so. Todd’s image could be conceived to be a jellyfish-like creature illuminating the darkest depths of its environment, while connecting this fluid form with the discarded plastic pollution in the sea, left to drift for eternity.

However, in the context of the Barnacles series, Augusta alludes to the aftermath of pregnancy, specifically the post-birth matter of the placenta. The thin, degrading plastic is soft and familiar, yet also fleshy and alien. Todd places this aftermath on a stage, spotlighting the unspoken, the visceral, the inevitable. Augusta has a mood akin to Todd’s eerie The titles of Todd’s works portraits of women. Yet here, are evocative. Augusta has the subject is the by-product of connotations of motherhood and reproduction; unwanted waste concepts of femininity, as Augusta that has been highlighted in was historically a name given to this portrait-like still life. the wives and daughters of Roman emperors, from the Latin word meaning majestic and grand. ▲ Lucy Jackson, “Interpreting Barnacles,” 1

Ramp Gallery, 2017, https://rampgallery. co.nz/assets/Uploads/Essay-LucyJacksonBarnacles-RampGallery-2017.pdf

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83 Yvonne Todd, Augusta 2016 c-type print signed, dated and title inscribed 1190 × 935mm EST $10,000 — $15,000

In Augusta, the connection between Todd’s gutter raincoat and the abandoned placenta becomes apparent – a shared transience, their significance realised only in times of necessity.

When the sun comes out, the baby is born, these once-vital elements find themselves forsaken, cast aside and left to disintegrate.

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84 Andrew McLeod, untitled (Club Casanova) gouache on digital print on paper 295 × 210mm EST $1,000 — $2,000

85 Andrew McLeod, untitled (Satin and Lace) gouache on digital print on paper 295 × 210mm EST $1,000 — $2,000

86 Andrew McLeod, untitled (Cheque) gouache on digital print on paper 295 × 210mm EST $1,000 — $2,000

87 Andrew McLeod, untitled (Femme Fatales) gouache on digital print on paper 295 × 210mm EST $1,000 — $2,000

88 Andrew McLeod, untitled (Candy Club) gouache on digital print on paper 295 × 210mm EST $1,000 — $2,000

89 Andrew McLeod, untitled (The Pelican Club) gouache on digital print on paper 295 × 210mm EST $1,000 — $2,000

90 Andrew McLeod, untitled (Uptown Girls) gouache on digital print on paper 295 × 210mm EST $1,000 — $2,000

91 Andrew McLeod, untitled (Famous Floras) gouache on digital print on paper 295 × 210mm EST $1,000 — $2,000

92 Andrew McLeod, untitled (Oriental) gouache on digital print on paper 295 × 210mm EST $1,000 — $2,000

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93 Andrew McLeod, untitled (Monicas) gouache on digital print on paper 295 × 210mm EST $1,000 — $2,000

94 Andrew McLeod, untitled (Salon 28) gouache on digital print on paper 295 × 210mm EST $1,000 — $2,000

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95 Ralph Hōtere, Set Design for "The Devils" Globe Theatre Dunedin watercolour on paper 430 × 520mm EST $8,000 — $12,000

96 Ralph Hōtere, untitled 1975 watercolour on paper signed and dated 320 × 230mm EST $10,000 — $15,000

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97 Martin Ball, untitled graphite on paper signed 100 × 95mm EST $500 — $1,000

99 Paul Maseyk, My Version of a Greek Krates II 2005 ceramic signed, dated and title inscribed 470 × 280 × 280mm (widest points) EST $5,000 — $6,500

98 Ralph Hōtere, Round Midnight 2000 lithograph on paper signed, dated, title inscribed 570 × 760mm EST $8,000 — $10,000

100 Ralph Hōtere, Keep New Zealand Out of Iraq 2003 lithograph on paper 940 × 730mm EST $6,000 — $8,000

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101 Lisa Reihana, untitled acrylic on ostrich egg, glass, polycarbonate plastic, steel, feathers 350 × 230 × 230mm (widest points) EST $3,000 — $5,000

102 Troy Emery, Yellow Fanged Blue Stinger 2021 polyester, polyurethane, adhesive, screws, pins 250 × 700 × 250mm (widest points) EST $4,500 — $8,000

103 Michael Hight, Stocktaking at Te Were Store Il 2012 oil on canvas signed, dated and title inscribed 600 × 600mm EST $5,000 — $8,000

104 Tony de Lautour, Initial Inventory 1 2019 acrylic and oil on canvas signed, dated and title inscribed 1015 × 755mm EST $12,000 — $18,000

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105 Andrew McLeod, Seascape 2009 oil on linen signed 1580 × 1580mm EST $35,000 — $45,000

106 Kushana Bush, To Catch a Fish 2019 watercolour and gouache on paper 195 × 275mm EST $4,000 — $6,000

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107 Dick Lyne, Kauri 2006 oil on hardboard signed, dated and title inscribed 290 × 150mm EST $2,000 — $3,000

108 Dick Lyne, Squaring Rimu Logs for Bridge Stringers 2011 oil on board signed, dated and title inscribed 490 × 700mm EST $2,000 — $4,000

110 Michael Smither, untitled oil on board 470 × 900mm EST $15,000 — $20,000

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109 Dick Lyne, Breaking out Large Rimu Log with Purchase to Block Tree 2011 oil on board signed, dated and title inscribed 530 × 740mm EST $2,000 — $4,000

112 Karl Maughan, Colyton screenprint on paper signed and title inscribed 1200 × 800mm EST $5,000 — $7,000 111 Nigel Brown, untitled 1971 oil on board signed and dated 425 × 425mm EST $4,000 — $8,000

113 Colin Wheeler, The Hope River at Glen Wye (A Canterbury High Country Sheep Station) c1960 oil on canvas board signed 800 × 600mm EST $5,000 — $8,000

114 Nigel Brown, Gates of Arles 1988-89 oil on canvas signed, dated and title inscribed 750 × 600mm EST $6,000 — $10,000

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116 Peter Siddell, Black and White 1982 oil on board signed, dated and title inscribed 600 × 450mm EST $10,000 — $15,000

115 Peter Siddell, untitled oil on board signed 590 × 440mm EST $20,000 — $30,000

117 Peter Siddell, untitled 1966 oil on board signed and dated 300 × 395mm EST $9,000 — $12,000

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118 Olivia Spencer Bower, Spinner Series #8 watercolour on paper signed 640 × 870mm EST $4,000 — $6,000

119 Olivia Spencer Bower, Spinning Triptych c1970s acrylic on board signed and title inscribed 760 × 1485mm EST $28,000 — $32,000

120 Peter Siddell, Foundation for the Blind Building 1988 oil on board signed and dated 600 × 900mm EST $35,000 — $50,000

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Melvin Day

Melvin Norman Day was born in Hamilton in 1923, his family later relocated to Howick in Auckland.

In 1939 Day enrolled as a fulltime student at Elam, where he received a Preliminary Diploma of Fine Arts. His teachers included A. Lois White and, significantly, John Weeks, among others.

In 1941, Day was called to serve in the New Zealand Forces in 1941.

After the war, he decided to settle in Ngongotaha, near Rotorua, where he got a job teaching at the local school. It was at this time that he became fascinated with cubism, and become friends with Wilfred Stanley Wallis, a recreational painter, whom he would later share a studio with.

Day and Wallis worked side by side, making still-lives and landscapes which married modernist influences with plein air observation.

Wallis was close friends with artist John Weeks, who he regularly visited the artist in Northcote, and they would have lengthy discussions about artists and painting styles of the time. There were conversations on abstract painting, especially critiques on the work of French artist, Paul Cézanne. Whom, Weeks particularly would theorise about Cézanne’s compositions, mathematical proportions and colour tone relationships, of which he believed should be “orchestrated” so that a ‘symphony emerged conveying mood and emotion’.

In 1949 Day left New Zealand for the first time to travel to England, France, Spain and Italy, gaining valuable

Cubism in New Zealand first-hand experience of paintings by European modernist artists. While Day was in London, a major exhibition of paintings by Cézanne was on show at the galleries of the Royal Academy.

This experience surpassed his already high expectations of the artist's work.

Day was impressed by the vibrancy of the French master’s palette, the lightness of paint application and the glowing translucency of the works.

When Day returned to New Zealand the following year, he focussed on applying his new artistic knowledge of Cézanne’s unique style of painting and composition, to his own practice.

Waimungu (Cézanne style), is an obvious homage to the great French painter. Another work in the series titled Waimungu (Japanese style), inspired by Hokusai, is in the collection of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki.

And in Street Scene-Toledo, Spain, circa 1952, Day demonstrates a new level of sophistication and confidence he has for Cubism.

Paintings by George Braque and Juan Gris also left a significant impression on Day. Still life with Roses Variation, circa 1955, is clearly inspired by the crisply delineated angularly of stilllife compositions by Braque that Day had so admired in British and French galleries six years earlier.

Particularly, we see the influence of these two artist’s styles in Day’s urban compositions and still-life works he subsequently painted up to the mid-50s. From 1951 onwards Day’s work becomes bolder and more complex, and his handling of Cubism shifts from imitation of a style, to something which is uniquely his own.

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121 Melvin Day, Waimangu (Cézanne style) 1950 oil on board signed and dated 570 × 700mm EST $5,000 — $10,000

122 Melvin Day, Street Scene–Toledo, Spain c1952 tempera on board signed 545 × 410mm EST $4,000 — $8,000

123 Melvin Day, Still life with Roses Variation c1955 oil monotype on paper signed 520 × 415mm EST $2,500 — $5,000

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124 Margaret Stoddart, untitled 1905 watercolour on paper signed and dated 330 × 240mm EST $4,000 — $8,000

125 Margaret Stoddart, untitled watercolour on paper signed 330 × 240mm EST $6,000 — $8,000

127 Evelyn Page, untitled oil on canvasboard signed 220 × 330mm EST $3,000 — $6,000

126 G P Nerli, The Lovers watercolour on paper signed 330 × 210mm EST $3,500 — $5,500

128 Margaret Stoddart, The Waterfront Papete watercolour on paper signed 245 × 345mm EST $5,500 — $8,500 EXHIBITIONS

Société des Artistes Français, Paris, 1925.

129 Helen Brown, untitled oil on board signed 670 × 890mm EST $5,500 — $8,000

130 Rata Lovell-Smith, untitled oil on canvasboard signed 355 × 515mm EST $2,500 — $5,000

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131 John Barr Clarke Hoyte, Lake Pupuke c1870s watercolour on paper signed 245 × 925mm EST $30,000 — $50,000

132 Peter McIntyre, untitled watercolour and ink on paper signed 530 × 750mm EST $10,000 — $15,000

134 Russell Clark, Y watercolour on paper signed 480 × 520mm EST $3,000 — $6,000

133 Sydney Lough Thompson, At Boulogne Harbour oil on canvasboard signed and title inscribed 400 × 500mm EST $6,000 — $10,000

135 Charles Blomfield, untitled oil on board 260 × 550mm EST $4,500 — $9,000

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136 Tony Lane, The Chandelier 2008 oil, gold leaf and composition ornaments on gesso signed, dated and title inscribed 300 × 500mm EST $4,000 — $6,000

137 Tony Lane, Red, Red Heart 2005-06 oil paint on gesso ground signed, dated and title inscribed 400 × 650mm EST $2,000 — $4,000

138 Michael Hight, Mangatawhiri 1999 oil on canvas on wood signed, dated and title inscribed 252 × 1265mm EST $7,000 — $10,000

139 Tyne Gordon, Maunder 2020 oil on aluminium with glitter and resin frame signed, dated and title inscribed 420 × 320mm EST $2,500 — $4,500

140 J S Parker, Plain Song – The Inscape – Late Summer Grasses 2004 oil on canvas signed, dated and title inscribed 500 × 500mm EST $3,000 — $6,000

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141 Paul Thompson, The Language Series Lambda print 190 × 240mm (each panel) EST $5,000 — $8,000

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The buyer will not acquire title to the lot until Webb’s receives full payment in cleared funds, and no goods under any circumstances will be released without confirmation of cleared funds received.

This applies even if the buyer wishes to send items overseas.

Payment can be made by direct transfer, cash (not exceeding NZD$5,000, if wishing to pay more than NZD$5,000 then this must be deposited directly into a Bank of New Zealand branch and bank receipt supplied) and EFTPOS (please check the daily limit). Payments can be made by debit card or credit card in person with a 2.2% merchant fee for Visa, Mastercard and Paywave, and 3.3% for American Express. Invoices that are in excess of $5,000 and where the card holder is not present, cannot be charged to a credit card without prior arrangement. Cheques are no longer accepted.

The buyer is responsible for any bank fees and charges applicable for the transfer of funds into Webb’s account.

5.3.

Collection of Purchases & Insurance Webb’s is entitled to retain items sold until all amounts due to us have been received in full in cleared funds. Subject to this, the Buyer shall collect purchased lots within 2 days from the date of the sale unless otherwise agreed in writing between Webb’s and the Buyer.

At the fall of the hammer, insurance is the responsibility of the purchaser.

5.4.

Packing, Handling and Shipping Webb’s will be able to suggest removals companies that the buyer can use but takes no responsibility whatsoever for the actions of any recommended third party. Webb’s can pack and handle goods purchased at the auction by agreement and a charge will be made for this service. All packing, shipping, insurance, postage & associated charges will be borne by the purchaser.

5.5.

Permits, Licences and Certificates Under The Protected Objects Act 1975, buyers may be required to obtain a licence for certain categories of items in a sale from the Ministry of Culture & Heritage, PO Box 5364, Wellington.

5.6.

Remedies for Non-Payment If the Buyer fails to make full payment immediately, Webb’s is entitled to exercise one or more of the following

5.6.3.

to cancel the sale.

5.6.4.

to resell the property publicly or privately on such terms as we see fit.

5.6.5.

to pay the Seller an amount up to the net proceeds payable in respect of the amount bid by the defaulting Buyer. In these circumstances the defaulting Buyer can have no claim upon Webb’s in the event that the item(s) are sold for an amount greater than the original invoiced amount.

5.6.6.

to set off against any amounts which Webb’s may owe the Buyer in any other transactions, the outstanding amount remaining unpaid by the Buyer.

5.6.7.

where several amounts are owed by the Buyer to us, in respect of different transactions, to apply any amount paid to discharge any amount owed in respect of any particular transaction, whether or not the Buyer so directs.

5.6.8.

to reject at any future auction any bids made by or on behalf of the Buyer or to obtain a deposit from the Buyer prior to accepting any bids.

5.6.9.

to exercise all the rights and remedies of a person holding security over any property in our possession owned by the Buyer whether by way of pledge, security interest or in any other way, to the fullest extent permitted by the law of the place where such property is located. The Buyer will be deemed to have been granted such security to us and we may retain such property as collateral security for said Buyer’s obligations to us.

6.

Extent of Webb’s Liability

Webb’s agrees to refund the purchase price in the circumstances of the Limited Warranty set out in paragraph 7 below. Apart from that, neither the Seller nor we, nor any of our employees or agents are responsible for the correctness of any statement of whatever kind concerning any lot, whether written or oral, nor for any other errors or omissions in description or for any faults or defects in any lots. Except as stated in paragraph 7 below, neither the Seller, ourselves, our officers, agents or employees give any representation warranty or guarantee or assume any liability of any kind in respect of any lot with regard to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, description, size, quality, condition, attribution, authenticity, rarity, importance, medium, provenance, exhibition history, literature or historical relevance. Except as required by local law any warranty of any kind is excluded by this paragraph.

7.

Limited Warranty

Subject to the terms and conditions of this paragraph, the Seller warrants for the period of thirty days from the date of the sale that any property described in this catalogue (noting such description may be amended by any saleroom notice or announcement) which is stated without qualification to be the work of a named author or authorship is authentic and not a forgery. The term “Author” or “authorship” refers to the creator of the property or to the period, culture, source, or origin as the case may be, with which the creation of such property is identified in the catalogue.

The warranty is subject to the following:

5.6.10. to take such other action as Webb’s deem necessary or appropriate.

If we do sell the property under paragraph (4), then the defaulting Buyer shall be liable for payment of any deficiency between the total amount originally due to us and the price obtained upon reselling as well as for all costs, expenses, damages, legal fees and commissions and premiums of whatever kinds associated with both sales or otherwise arising from the default.

If we pay any amount to the Seller under paragraph (5) the Buyer acknowledges that Webb’s shall have all of the rights of the Seller, however arising, to pursue the Buyer for such amount.

5.7.

Failure to Collect Purchases Where purchases are not collected within 2 days from the sale date, whether or not payment has been made, we shall be permitted to remove the property to a warehouse at the buyer’s expense, and only release the items after payment in full has been made of removal, storage handling, insurance and any other costs incurred, together with payment of all other amounts due to us.

it does not apply where a) the catalogue description or saleroom notice corresponded to the generally accepted opinion of scholars and experts at the date of the sale or fairly indicated that there was a conflict of opinions, or b) correct identification of a lot can be demonstrated only by means of a scientific process not generally accepted for use until after publication of the catalogue or a process which at the date of the publication of the catalogue was unreasonably expensive or impractical or likely to have caused damage to the property. the benefits of the warranty are not assignable and shall apply only to the original buyer of the lot as shown on the invoice originally issued by Webb’s when the lot was sold at Auction. the Original Buyer must have remained the owner of the lot without disposing of any interest in it to any third party.

The Buyer’s sole and exclusive remedy against the Seller in place of any other remedy which might be available, is the cancellation of the sale and the refund of the original purchase price paid for the lot less the buyer’s premium which is non-refundable. Neither the Seller

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nor Webb’s will be liable for any special, incidental nor consequential damages including, without limitation, loss of profits.

The Buyer must give written notice of claim to us within thirty days of the date of the Auction. The Seller shall have the right, to require the Buyer to obtain two written opinions by recognised experts in the field, mutually acceptable to the Buyer and Webb’s to decide whether or not to cancel the sale under warranty. the Buyer must return the lot to Seller in the same condition that it was purchased.

8.

Severability

If any part of these Conditions of Sale is found by any court to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that part shall be discounted, and the rest of the Conditions shall continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.

9.

Copyright

The copyright in all images, illustrations and written material produced by Webb’s relating to a lot including the contents of this catalogue, is and shall remain the property at all times of Webb’s and shall not be used by the Buyer, nor by anyone else without our prior written consent. Webb’s and the Seller make no representation or warranty that the Buyer of a property will acquire any copyright or other reproduction rights in it.

10.

Law and Jurisdiction

These terms and conditions and any matters concerned with the foregoing fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New Zealand, unless otherwise stated.

11.

Pre-Sale Estimates

Webb’s publishes with each catalogue our opinion as to the estimated price range for each lot. These estimates are approximate prices only and are not intended to be definitive. They are prepared well in advance of the sale and may be subject to revision. Interested parties should contact Webb’s prior to auction for updated pre-sale estimates and starting prices.

12.

Sale Results

Webb’s will provide auction results, which will be available as soon as possible after the sale. Results will include buyer’s premium. These results will be posted at www.webbs.co.nz.

13.

Goods and Service Tax

GST is applicable on the hammer price in the case where the seller is selling property that is owned by an entity registered for GST. GST is also applicable on the hammer price in the case where the seller is not a New Zealand resident. These lots are denoted by a dagger symbol † placed next to the estimate. GST is also applicable on the buyer’s premium.

Index of Artists

84 Pages

A Ansell, Tia Apple, Billy

G 41 53

M

Gimblett, Max Gordon, Tyne

29 74

B

H

Ball, Martin 62 Bambury, Stephen 32, 33, 48 Banksy 54 Bensemann, Leo 44 Binney, Don 50 Blomfield, Charles 73 Brown, Helen 72 Brown, Nigel 67 Bush, Kushana 65

Hammond, Bill Hanly, Pat Harris, Jeffrey Hemer, André Henderson, Louise Hight, Michael Hōtere, Ralph Hoyte, John Barr Clarke

C Cotton, Shane Day, Melvin

57 70

D de Lautour, Tony Dibble, Paul E Ellis, Stephen Emery, Troy

52 64

F Frizzell, Dick

J

52

26

K 23, 24, 52, 53

L Lafaiki-Twiss, Cora Allen Lane, Tony Leleisi'uao, Andy Lovell-Smith, Rata Lusk, Doris Lyne, Dick

56 74 29 72 44 66

63 67 51 73 60, 61, 65 32 28

N Nerli, G P

T

40

Thompson, Martin Thompson, Paul Thompson, Sydney Lough Thomson, Elizabeth Todd, Yvonne

P Page, Evelyn Pardington, Fiona Parekowhai, Michael Parker, J S Parks, Miranda Paul, Joanna Margaret Peebles, Don

72 56 38 74 48 24, 25 48

Q Quinn, Anthony

37

R Rastorfer, Lorraine Reihana, Lisa Roake, Oliver Ropata–Tangahoe, Hariata

79

Scott, Ian Siddell, Peter Smither, Michael Spencer Bower, Olivia Stevens, Eion Stoddart, Margaret Straka, Heather Stringer, Terry Sydow, Carl

72

O O'Neill, Ani

Jowitt, Glen

Killeen, Richard 34, 64 37

34 23 42 32 45 64, 74 44, 62, 63 72

Maseyk, Paul Maughan, Karl McCahon, Colin McIntyre, Peter McLeod, Andrew Millar, Judy Mortimer, Roger

S

33 64 49 29

30 68 66 68, 69 22 72 56 36, 37 40

40 75 73 49 56, 59

W Walters, Gordon Warhol, After Andy Wheeler, Colin White, Robin

41 53 67 22, 56

Y Youle, Wayne Younghusband, Adele

49 46

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