Works from The Kim Wright Collection

I

-----------.,_..;__....._ ______________ _,:

*72

Catalogue

Works from The Kim Wright Collection of Contemporary New Zealand Painting

Peter Webb Galleries instructed by the trustees in the estate of C .H.B. (Kim) Wright will offer at public auction: works from The Kim Wright Collection of Contemporary New Zealand Art

>

•

e,iich was toured throughout New Zealand public art galleries by The Gavett-Brewster Art Gallery, with assistance from The Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council during 1974-75 and other contemporary works on behalf of private collectors including works by Rita Angus, Colin McCahon, M.T. Woollaston, Gordon Walters, Milan Mrkusich, Patrick Hanly, Ralph Hotere, Michael Illingworth, Philip Trusttum, Brent Wong, Geoff Thornley, Denys Watkins, Tony Fomison, Olivia Spencer-Bower, Philip Clairmont, Eric Lee-Johnson and others.

THURSDAY 29 NOVEMBER 1979 at 6.30 pm

·-

viewing Monday 26 to Wednesday 28 November 9 am to 5.30 pm

Main Floor, T & G Building, corner Elliott & Wellesley Streets Auckland 1.

P.O. Box 7008. Telephone 373-090, 374-404, after hours 437-890

Peter Webb Galleries Limited Fine Art Auctioneers & Appraisers Contemporary Art Dealers Publishers for The Print Club

WORKS FROM THE KIM WRIGHT COLLECTION ARE MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK. CATALOGUE NUMBERS REFER TO THE CATALOGUE FOR THE EXHIBITION "THE KIM WRIGHT COLLECTION OF NEW ZEALAND PAINTING" ORGANISED AND TOURED BY THE GOVETT-BREWSTER ART GALLERY WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II ARTS COUNCIL OF NEW ZEALAND DURING 1974-75.

I KEITH PATTERSON Spearing Flounder Ink wash; signed and dated 1959 43 x 69cm 2 KEITH PATTERSON Spearing Flounder Ink wash and crayon; signed in pencil C. 1959 69.5 x 43 cm 3 HILDEGARD WIECK Landscape

Crayon and wash; signed in brushpoint 25 x 26 cm 4 HILDEGARD WIECK

Figure composition Pastel on paper 37 x 46.5 cm

5 HILDEGARD WIECK Still life.

Gouache, signed three times in brushpoint 46 x 62.5 cm 6 EVELYN PAGE Figure study Pencil drawing; signed in pencil 36 x 21 cm 7 EVELYN PAGE Figure Study Watercolour, signed in pencil.

38 x 49 cm 8 MERVYN WILLIAMS Chromatic Variation 1 Silkscreen print 4/7; signed and dated 1969 45 x 70.5 cm 9 GORDON WALTERS Maho

Screenprint 48/50; title inscribed and signed in pencil 10 x 9 cm 10 GORDON WALTERS Tama Silkscreen print 2/50. Published by The Print Club, 1977; Title inscribed, signed and dated 1977 in pencil.

63 x 46.5 cm

*II PATRICK HANLY Figure in Light Silkscreen print on paper 9/10; title inscribed, signed and dated 1968 in pencil 41.5 x 52 cm (catalogue number 8) *12 PATRICK HANLY Girl in Light Lithograph 5/6; title inscribed, signed and dated 1964 in pencil 49.5 x 38.5cm (catalogue number 11) *13 PATRICK HANLY Rainbow over Mt. Eden Silkscreen print 30/40; title inscribed, signed an, A dated 1972 in pencil 'W 50 x 51 cm (catalogue number 14)

•

14 PATRICK HANLY Embrace II Monoprint 1/3; title inscribed, signed and dated 1966 in pencil 36 x 48 cm *15 PATRICK HANLY The Kite Silkscreen print third edition 1/10; title inscribed, signed and dated 1971 in ink.

51 x 51 cm (catalogue number 17) 16 MARILYNN WEBB Cloud Landscape, Wakatipu 13 Monoprint; title inscribed, signed and dated 1974 in pencil. Artist's proof.

36.5 x 50 cm 17 MICHAEL SMITHER Pianist Pencil drawing; signed and dated 1970 in pencil.

24 x 19.5 cm

-

18 WONG SING TAI Badlands Silkscreen on acrylic 12/45 in screen; signed with initials in screen 101 x 101 cm 19 JOHN SALT Green and Copper Wrecks Offset lithograph 50/150; signed and numbered in pencil.

44.5 x 65 cm.

20 ALAN DAVIE Magic Picture

.

•

*75

Screenprint 401/500; signed and dated 1977 in pencil 54 x 74 cm

26 GWYNETH RICHARDSON Waikato River at Cambridge

Watercolour; signed in brushpoint.

27 x 40 cm

21 VICTOR PASSMORE Untitled Screenprint 60/70 , signed with initials and dated 1974 in pencil.

56 x 39.5 cm

~

W-

.

2 BARBARA HEPWORTH Untitled Lithograph 36/60; signed in pencil 54 x 76 cm

*23 TEUANE TIBBO The Retrievers

27 OLIVIA SPENCER-BOWER Flat Island, Hauraki Gulf

Watercolour, signed in brushpoint.

31 x 41 cm 28 W.A . SUTTON Afternoon Sun, Holborn

Oil on Canvas , signed.

48 x 60 cm 29 GABRIELLE HOPE Landscape

Oil on hardboard; signed

Watercolour

58.5 x 89 cm

68 x 55 cm

(catalogue number 43) 24 SELWYN MURU Still life with Guitar

Mixed media.

37 x 52 cm.

25 ERIC LEE JOHNSON Lion Rock, Piha

Watercolour, signed and dated I946 in brushpoint 37 .5 x 49 cm

30 GABRIELLE HOPE Victorian House and Hills

Watercolour; signed and dated brush point.

45.5 x 58 cm

1961

in

*31 DENYS WATKINS Water Testers in a Structural Situation

Watercolour on paper; title inscribed , signed and dated 1972 in pencil.

36 x 49 cm (catalogue number 48) 32 PAUL JACKSON Summer May and Winter Whale

Watercolour; title inscribed, signed and dated 1973 in pencil.

53 x 36 cm 33 DORIS LUSK Tony Fomison

Watercolour, signed in brushpoint and dated 1961.

44 x 41 cm 34 ALISTAIR NISBET-SMITH Head, 1975

Charcoal drawing.

77 x 56 cm. *35 GEOFF THORNLEY Papalangi No. 6

Coloured inks on paper; title inscribed, signed and dated 1972 on reverse in brushpoint.

106 x 71.5 cm (catalogue number 42) 36 JOHN LETH BRIDGE Untitled

Gouache and graphite on Schoellerhammer paper; signed and dated 1975 on backing in pencil.

60 x 41.5 cm 37 NIGEL BROWN B~droom Painting 1 (The Childrens' Room)

Ori on hardboard; signed and dated 1976.

49 x 43 cm 38 GRAHAME SYDNEY Still life with Shells

Watercolour; signed and dated June 1974 in ballpoint.

38.5 x 51 cm 39 TONY FOMISON Untitled Head

Oil on jute; signed and dated 3.4.73 - 16.5.73 in brush point 64.5 x 91.5 cm 40 PHILIP CLAIRMONT Dead Bird

Mixed media on paper; signed and dated 1975 in pencil.

60 x 45 cm 41 PHILIP CLAIRMONT Window painting

Oil and collage on hessian.

59 x 37 cm 42 PHILIP CLAIRMONT Censored

Acrylic and collage on hardboard; signed and dated 1973 .

55 x 27.5 cm *43 PATRICK HANLY Tamarillo

~ixed media second edition 4/ 14; title inscribed , signed and dated 1969.

51 x 39.5 cm (catalogue number 16)

-

*47 PATRICK HANLY Everyman Awakes

Mixed media 51 x 51 cm (catalogue number 7)

1 l

*45 PATRICK HANLY Self Portrait

Ink on paper; signed and dated 1972 in ink.

26.5 x 30.5 cm (catalogue number 15) *46 PATRICK HANLY Inside the Garden, Molecular Aspect (17)

~atercolour and crayon on paper; title inscribed , signed and dated 1968.

54.5 x 60.5 cm (catalogue number 12) *47 PATRICK HANLY Cottage Mixture

Oil on hardboard I 19 x 120 cm (catalogue number 5) *48 RALPH HOTERE

-

Drawing for Pine and Poem by Bill Manhire

£?rawing and watercolour on paper; title inscribed signed and dated 1972 in brushpoint.

57 x 36 cm (catalogue number 19) *49 COLIN McCAHON Crusader

Ink on paper; title inscribed in pencil, signed and dated 1943 in ink.

20 x 26 cm (catalogue number 28) *50 COLIN McCAHON Religious Drawing

Pencil on paper; signed and dated 1941 in pencil.

24 x 30 cm (catalogue number 32)

7 J

1

1

1 J

*51 COLIN McCAHON Marge as The Virgin Mary at Mapua

Watercolour on paper; signed and dated 1946 in crayon.

30 x 23 cm (catalogue number 27) *52 COLIN McCAHON Study of Kurow Hill, North Otago

Watercolour and acrylic on paper; title inscribed signed and dated Jan 1972 in pencil.

71 x 180 cm (catalogue number 33) *53 COLIN McCAHON The Calling of a Christian

Pastel and wash on paper; title inscribed, signed and dated 18-9-69 in pastel.

157 x 55 cm (catalogue number 34) 54 SIR MOUNTFORD TOSSWILL WOOLLASTON Crossing of The Red Sea, after Poussin

Pen drawing; signed in ink 22.5 x 35.5 cm 55 SIR MOUNTFORD TOSSWILL WOOLLASTON Mt. St. Victoire; after Cezanne

60 RITA ANGUS Landscape with trees

Pen drawing; signed in ink.

22.5 x 15 cm •61 MICHAEL ILLINGWORTH Soloist

Mixed media on canvas; signed with initials and dated on reverse .

28 x 38 cm (catalogue number 21) *62 MICAHEL ILLINGWORTH Citizens of the Polished City

Mixed media on canvas ; title inscribed signed and dated 1963 in brushpoint on reverse.

64.5 x 54.5 cm (catalogue number 20) *63 PATRICK HANLY Escape to Paradise

Oil on canvas; signed and dated 1960 75 x 60.5 cm

(catalogue number 10) *64 PATRICK HANLY Dancer and Gentleman: Showgirl Series Oil on canvas; signed and dated 1961 79 x 61 cm

(catalogue number 6)

Pen drawing; title inscribed and signed in ink.

25 x 35 cm *56 SIR MOUNTFORD TOSSWILL WOOL-

LASTON Erua Ink on paper.

36.5 x 27 cm (catalogue number 51) *57 SIR MOUNTFORD TOSSWILL WOOLLASTON Erua

Ink on paper.

26.5 x 35.5 cm (catalogue number 52) *58 SIR MOUNTFORD TOSSWILL WOOLLASTON Untitled landscape Watercolour on paper; signed and dated 1961 in

brushpoint.

30.5 x 38.5 cm

(catalogue number 53) 59 MILAN MRKUSICH '61/ No. 4

Gouache; signed and dated 1961.

57 x 37.5 cm

*65 PATRICK HANLY Portrait of Kim Wright

Oil on board; title inscribed, signed and dated 1971.

46 x 46 cm

(catalogue number 13) *66 PATRICK HANLY Girl's Head

Oil on board; signed and dated 1972 57 x 58.5 cm

(catalogue number I la) *67 MILAN MRKUSICH Painting, 62-4

Oil and collage on canvas; title inscribed , signed and dated 1962 on reverse in pencil.

89 x 84 cm (catalogue numer 40) 68 MILAN MRKUSICH Painting, 62-6

Oil on canvas; signed and dated 1962.

89 x 84 cm 69 MILAN MRKUSICH Painting 1968

Oil on cavas ; signed and dated 1968 on reverse.

-

79 x 79 cm *70 MILAN MRKUSICH Buildings 1955

Oil on board 63 x 72.5 cm

(catalogue number 39) *71 MILAN MRKUSICH And God Divided the Light from the Darkness.

1966

Oil on canvas 87.5 x 274.5 cm (catalogue number 38)

-

*72 GORDON WALTERS Hiwi

P. V.A. on canvas on hardboard; title inscribed, signed and dated 1966 on reverse.

121 x 90.5 cm (catalogue number 47)

*86

79 PHILIP CLAIRMONT Objects on a Red Kidney Table

74 BRENT WONG Trade Winds

*80 RALPH HOTERE Black Painting IV from Malady, a Poem by Bill Manhire

Acrylic on hardboard; title painted on back and dated 1969.

92 x 122 cm *75 BRENT WONG General Aspect

Oil on hardboard; signed and dated 1969.

68.5 x 91.5 cm

(catalogue number 49) -

~

73 GORDON WALTERS Painting No. 8, 1965 P. V.A. on hardboard; signed on reverse.

68.5 x 92 cm

76 TONY FOMISON Famous Sculpture; After "David" by Michael Angelo Oil on jute; title inscribed, signed and dated 19-767.

91.5 x 71 cm

*77 PHILIP TRUSTTUM Fat Chord

Oil on board; signed and dated 1969 183 x 122 cm (catalogue number 44) 78 PHILIP TRUSTTUM

Can I Oil on hardboard; title inscribed and signed on reverse.

178 x 116.5 cm

Oil on canvas with collage; signed.

132 x 87 cm

Acrylic on canvas; title inscribed, signed and dated 1970 on reverse.

178 x 71 cm (catalogue number 18) 81 SIR MOUNTFORD TOSSWILL WOOLLASTON Cloud on Mountains

Oil on hardboard; signed.

123 x 91 cm 82 SIR MOUNTFORD TOSSWILL WOOLLASTON Skipper Francis, c. 1942

Oil on board; signed, 47 x 41.5 cm

(refer: M.T. Woollaston, Works 1933-1973 Manawatu Art Gallery Catalogue No. 37 illustrated p. 32) 83 FRANCES HODGKINS (1869-1947) Poet Resting Under a Tree, Spain 1932

Oil on canvas; signed 55.5 x 68.5 cm Collection Matte Raden, London. Reference British Art and The Modern Movement, Arts Council of Great Britain, Catalogue No. 6. Illustrated Art New Zealand No. I, 1976. p. 11

*61

*84 COLIN McCAHON No. 4 from The Gate Series

Oil on hardboard 59 x 48 cm (catalogue number 30) *85 COLIN McCAHON Painting from Northland Series

Oil on hardboard; signed and dated June 1961.

59.5 x 44 cm

(catalogue number 31) *86 COLIN McCAHON Pohutukawa: from The Titirangi Series

Oil on board; signed with initials and dated Nov .

1957 .

49.5 x 47 cm

(catalogue number 35) *87 COLIN McCAHON North Otago P. V.A. on board; title inscribed , signed and dated 1947.

53.5 x 79 .5 cm

(catalogue number 29) 88 COLIN McCAHON A IV Noughts and Crosses 2.

Oil on hardboard; title inscribed , signed with ini- W tials and dated 1976.

90 x 72 cm 89 COLIN McCAHON Canterbury Landscape Oil on canvas, signed and dated May-August, 1952.

56 x 69 cm

(This painting is closely related in its landscape elements to the major triptych " On Building Bridges " in the Auckland City Art Gallery Collection . It was painted in the same year.)

90 PATRICK HANLY Lawn and Trees; from 'Inside the Garden' series

Watercolour; title inscribed , signed and dated 1966 in pencil 19.5 x 29 cm.

Prices realised or highest bids Sale Thursday 18 October, 1979 Cat. No.$ 1 120 2 120 3 110 4 110 5 120 6 120 7 120 8 120 9 120 10 110 11 120 12 120 13 125 14 150 15 120 16 95 17 115 18 115 115 110 115 22 115 23 115 24 110 25 120 26 115 27 115 28 115 29 115 30 115 31 120 32 115 33 115 34 115 35 120 36 125 37 125 38 130 39 115 40 50 41 80 42 80 43 160 47 20 48 35 49 50 50 10 51 10 52 30 53 15 54 50 35 25 20 61 35 62 15 63 10 64 40 65 75 66 75 67 20 68 50 69 20 70 35 71 30 72 40 73 25 74 60 75 30 76 60 77 45 78 40 79 25 80 100 81 80 82 80 83 90

-i

~i

Cat. No. $ 84 30 85 65 86 45 87 70 88 70 89 80 90 60 91 70 92 70 93 100 94 150 95 90 96 160 98 110 99 50 100 65 102 200 103 100 104 220 105 125 106 140 107 340 108 300 109 340 110 1000 111 370 113 170 114 45 115 70 116 50 117 240 118 330 120 90 122 250 123 180 124 45 125 50 126 100 127 190 128 130 129 340 130 900 131 50 132 10 134 30 135 30 137 30 138 10 139 20 140 35 141 40 142 30 143 55 144 40 145 75 146 60 147 210 149 50 150 70 151 45 152 90 153 120 154 20 pair 155 10 156 10 157 30 158 25 159 16 160 80 161 40 162 25 163 10 164 40 165 170 166 55 167 25 168 70

Cat. No. $ Cat. No. $ Cat. No. $ 169 100 247 170 330 35 170 25 248 25 331 100 171 20 249 45 332 60 172 10 250 270 15 333 173 22 251 140 150 334 174 252 20 180 335 25 175 70 253 400 336 50 176 50 254 400 337 50 177 70 255 170 338 40 178 50 256 50 339 40 179 130 257 50 341 125 180 80 258 342 50 130 181 55 259 50 343 80 182 40 260 344 25 105 183 75 261 50 345 500 184 90 262 50 346 30 185 90 263 60 347 20 186 70 264 60 10 348 187 80 265 349 42 50 188 120 66 350 25 50 189 100 267 351 40 20 190 40 268 352 18 40 191 42each 269 353 200 50 192 45 354 270 50 50 60 " 193 45 355 271 50 194 175 272 356 75 50 195 180 273 10 357 45 196 274 190 358 5 55 197 160 275 10 359 50 198 260 276 12 360 45 199 1100 277 361 65 55 200 525 278 362 55 55 201 525 279 363 50 50 202 17 each 280 364 95 55 203 16each 281 365 450 50 204 225 366 282 525 45 205 260 367 283 500 50 206 200 284 350 368 55 208 285 220 369 400 45 208a 286 500 370 85 50 209 450 371 287 625 55 210 600 372 288 475 50 211 289 320 373 375 45 212 290 550 374 300 55 213 800 291 375 50 20 214 210 294 376 60 25 215 100 295 377 300 65 216 40 296 378 400 60 217 60 379 297 225 45 218 44 298 225 380 55 219 299 20 381 50 100 220 301 90 382 50 225 221 20 302 60 383 300 222 50 303 384 60 250 223 40 304 230 385 300 224 18 306 40 386 125 225 26 306a 387 50 125 226 15 307 388 45 450 227 18 308 389 100 150 228 20 309 390 50 1000 231 165 310 391 30 400 232 245 311 392 45 250 233 30 312 393 30 90 234 80 313 394 75 6100 235 20 314 395 50 800 236 14 315 396 70 500 237 20 317 397 175 200 238 85 318 110 399 800 238a 120 319 400 110 450 239 20 320 401 70 60 240 30 321 402 60 45 241 10 322 403 80 80 242 65 323 404 50 80 243 95 324 405 70 50 244 110 326 406 50 50 245 75 327 30 each 407 60 246 35 329 408 30 40

Cat. No. $ 409 2000 410 3000 412 1000 412a 1000 1200 412b 413 750 415 250 416 650 417 1800 419 400 420 150 421 900 422 400 423 110 400 424 425 100 426 200 427 30 428 30 429 25 430 20 431 500 432 350 433 70 434 40 435 60 436 100 437 200 438 60 439 55 440 50 441 75 442 60 443 70 444 125 445 300 446 900 447 35 448 40 449 200 450 40 451 50 452 30 454 80 455 50 457 60 458 40 459 200 460 40 462 120 463 70 464 120 465 100 467 40 468 50 469 60 470 60 471 50 472 105 473 150 474 375 476 130 477 60 478 350 479 900 480 500 481 900 482 1100 483 50 484 50 485 600 486 400 487 70 489 80 490 30 491 60 492 30

Cat. No. $ 493 20 494 60 495 80 496 90 497 15 498 30 499 400 500 450 502 700 503 500 505 2750 506 700 507 500 508 350 509 450 510 180 511 425 512 300 513 250 514 500 515 300 516 300 517 125 518 3500 519 480 520 850 521 600 522 140 523 275 524 1600 525 800 526 850 527 360 528 1200 529 3000 530 1200 531 250 532 375 533 500 534 140 535 220 536 180 537 225 538 200 539 70 540 150 542 450 543 2000 544 2200 1750 545 546 600 547 300 548 170 549 170 550 180 551 80 551a 450 552 250 553 100 554 140 555 260 556 175 557 75 558 30 559 350 560 130 561 75 562 30 563 400 564 50 566 200 567 180 568 250 700 569

FORTHCOMING SALES

CONDITIONS OF SALE I. The highest bidder to be the purchaser, subject to the Auctioneers having a right to refuse the bidding of any person. Should any dispute arise as to the biddings, the lot in dispute to be immediately put up for sale again at the preceding bidding, or the Autioneers may declare the purchaser.

8.

No goods are to be removed while selling is in progress. Receipted invoices must be produced prior to delivery of any lot. The Auctioneers reserve the right to request identification in the case of any purchaser not known to the Auctionrwho pays by cheque. Charging to credit cards will not be accepted as a mean payment.

2.

No person shall advance less at a bid than a sum to be nominated by the Auctioneer and no bid shall be retracted.

Insurance:-

3.

All lots arc sold subject tot the right of the seller or his agent to bid or else to

AII lots purchased are at the risk of the purchaser from the fall of the hammer.

Insurance can be arranged with the Sun Alliance & London Insurance Group on an "All Risks' " bases for a premium of 1%

impose a reserve.

4. The purchaser to give his name, address and to pay down 10 per cent of the purchase money in part payment thereof. In default ofany of which matters the lot or lots purchased may be immediately put up again and resold .

5. All lots are sold as shown and with all faults, imperfections, and errors to description. The Auctioneers act as agents; they have full discretion to refuse any bidding or to withdraw any lot or lots from the sale without in either case giving any reason ; neither they nor the Vendor are responsible for errors of description or for genuineness or authenticity of any lot or for fault or defect in it , 6.

7.

Instruction to Bid:lnstructions to bid at sale arc accepted by Peter Webb Galleries and carried out free of charge. Lots will be bought as favourably as is allowed by the bidding in the saleroom and any reserves imposed.

Inspections:lnspections are made and advice given concerning the sale of Antiques and Works of

and make no warranty whatever.

art f~e of charge in Auckland, and for a reasonable fee elsewhere.

The lots are at the buyer' s risk from the fall of the hammer and are to be taken away at the buyer's expense, in default of which the Auctioneers will not hold themselves responsible; if the same are lost , stolen, damaged , or otherwise destroyed, but they will be left at the sole risk of the purchaser. If the lots arc not cleared or paid for, they may then be sold immediately either publicly or by private treaty, without any notice being given to the defaulter.

Valuations:-

Upon failutrc of the purchaser to comply with any of the above conditions the money deposited in part payment shall be forfeited , and the defaulter shall make good any loss arising from the resale, together with the charges and expenses in respect of both sales.

Exceptional Lots:-

Valuations for insurance , probate or family division are undertaken on either a quotation basis or a small percentage plus travelling expenses. The charge is remitted

on all property valued that is sold through Peter Webb Galleries Ltd. within a reasonable time.

Those lots shown in bold type are considered by the auctioneers to be worthy of special considerattion.