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,i ich 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
Screenprint 401 / 500 ; signed and dated 1977 in pencil
54 x 74 cm
21 VICTOR PASSMORE
Untitled
Screenprint 60/70 , signed with initials and dated 1974 in pencil.
56 x 39.5 cm
~ 2 BARBARA HEPWORTH
W- Untitled
Lithograph 36/ 60; signed in pencil
54 x 76 cm
*23 TEUANE TIBBO
The Retrievers
Oil on hardboard; signed
58.5 x 89 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
26 GWYNETH RICHARDSON
Waikato River at Cambridge W a tercolour; signed in brushpoint.
27 x 40 cm
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
Watercolour 68 x 55 cm
30 GABRIELLE HOPE
Victorian House and Hills
Watercolour; signed and dated 1961 in brush point.
45.5 x 58 cm
*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; s igned 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)
*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)
*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
Pen drawing; title inscribed and signed in ink.
25 x 35 cm
*56 SIR MOUNTFORD TOSSWILL WOOLLASTON
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
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)
*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)
73 GORDON WALTERS
Painting No. 8, 1965
P. V.A. on hardboard; signed on reverse.
68.5 x 92 cm
74 BRENT WONG
Trade Winds
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)
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
79 PHILIP CLAIRMONT
Objects on a Red Kidney Table Oil on canvas with collage; signed.
132 x 87 cm
*80 RALPH HOTERE
Black Painting IV from Malady, a Poem by Bill Manhire
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
*86
*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
IV Noughts and Crosses 2. A 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.
*61
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