Fine & Applied Art Auction

FINE & APPLIED ART AUCTION 11 & 12 MARCH 2015

FINE & APPLIED ART AUCTION

wellington

WEDNESDAY 11 & THURSDAY 12 march 2015

PART ONE • EVENING SALE NEW ZEALAND & INTERNATIONAL FINE ART Lots 1 – 87 Wednesday 11 March, 6pm Part two • DAY SALE New Zealand & International Fine Art Lots 200 – 444 Thursday 12 March, 12 noon PART THREE STUDIO CERAMICS & APPLIED ART Lots A1 – A106 Thursday 12 March, 5pm

OPENING PREVIEW • WELLINGTON Thursday 5 March • 5.00 – 6.30 pm

Wellington Viewing Friday 6 March Sunday 8 March Monday 9 March Tuesday 10 March Wednesday 11 March

ILLUSTRATIONS Front Cover • Lot 32 Inside Front Cover • Lot 2 Facing Page • Lot 29 Part One Title Page • Lot 21 Part Two Title Page • Lot 310 Part Three Title Page • Lot A52 Inside Back Cover • Lot 11

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LOCATION 7 Maginnity Street PO Box 224, Wellington 6140 Ph (04) 472 1367 • Fax (04) 475 7389 info@dunbarsloane.co.nz • www.dunbarsloane.com ENQUIRIES Helena Walker Director, Fine & Applied Arts helena@dunbarsloane.co.nz Ph: (04) 472 1367 • 027 471 3662

doll & toy WELLINGTON mid 2015 Currently accepting entries ENQUIRIES Bettina Frith Ph +64 4 472 1367 www.dunbarsloane.com

NEW ZEALAND & INTERNATIONAL FINE & APPLIED ART WELLINGTON JULY 2015 Entries currently invited ENQUIRIES Helena Walker Ph +64 4 472 1367 • 0274 713662 Email helena@dunbarsloane.co.nz Dunbar Sloane Jnr Ph +64 9 630 9178 • 021 473 998 Email dunbar.akl@xtra.co.nz Dunbar Sloane Snr Ph +64 274 713 663 www.dunbarsloane.com

ILLUSTRATED A Lois White (1903-84) Whimsey Achieved $7,300 - September 2014

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A LOIS WHITE Whimsey • $7,300 2 FRANCES HODGKINS Marrows and Peppers, Tossa • $47,000 MICHAEL SMITHER Walnut • $18,800 4 C D BARRAUD Hoggard House with Lambton Quay in Foreground (1861) • $47,000 CHARLES BLOMFIELD Gisborne Point, Lake Rotoiti • $29,300 6 COLIN WHEELER The Township, Kurow, North Otago • $8,200 CHRYSTABEL AITKEN Seahorse pendant • $4,100 8 GEORGE RICHMOND (BRITISH) Portrait of Norman Lister Meville • $9,600

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9 LEN CASTLE Volcano Series Bowl • $3,750 10 DON BINNEY Kereru • $82,000 11 PETER SIDDELL Red Roof • $22,300 12 RUSSELL CLARK View from Scarborough • $80,000 13 paul dibble The Voyager • $61,000 14 CHARLES TOLE Locomotive Shed, Helensville • $8,800 15 ROY COWAN Vase • $2,350 16 PAT HANLY Black Model • $58,600

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1 Dyrlund of Denmark Desk • $5,000 2 Andre Vandenbeuck for Strassle Switzerland Pair of King Chairs • $5,300 3 Early C19th British Oil of Naval Officer • $2,800 4 Late C19th Chinese Silver Export Ware Tea Service • $4,100 5 Lalique Opalescent Oleron Vase • $2,200 6 C18th Violin by Richard Duke, London • $7,000 7 Liberty Tudric Pewter Mantle Clock • $5,300 8 Martin Brothers Apostle Figure • $3,050 9 James K Baxter Signed Poem • $4,200

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10 C19th Rhinoceros Horn Libation Cup • $105,500 11 1902 Edward VII Coronation Gold Proof Set • $6,750 12 William Moorcroft Ginger Jar & Cover • $3,900 13 Lalique Art Nouveau Hair Comb • $5,500 14 Lotus Art De Vivre Dragon Humidor • $4,700 15 Late C19th NZ Colonial Native Timbers Table • $7,000 16 Victorian 15ct Muff Chain • $6,150 17 18ct Sapphire & Diamond Ring • $5,600 18 Platinum & Two Stone Diamond Ring • $7,500 19 Platinum & Solitaire Diamond Ring • $28,100 FINE & APPLIED ART

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ANTIQUE & DECORATIVE ARTS WELLINGTON JUNE 2015 Entries currently invited ENQUIRIES Anthony Gallagher & Bettina Frith Ph + 64 4 472 1367 Email antiques@dunbarsloane.co.nz www.dunbarsloane.com

estate jeweLlery & watches WELLINGTON JUNE 2015 Entries currently invited ENQUIRIES Bettina Frith Ph +64 472 1367 Email info@dunbarsloane.com www.dunbarsloane.com

ILLUSTRATED Lot J49 Early C20th 18ct Diamond Brooch/Pendant Est $5,000 - 8,000 - To be sold Antique & Decorative Arts Auction 19 February 2015, full catalogue online

MAORI, PACIFIC & TRIBAL ART AUCKLAND october 2015 Entries currently invited ENQUIRIES Dunbar Sloane Snr Ph 0274 713 663 Dunbar Sloane Jnr Ph +64 (9) 630 9178 021 473 998 Email dunbar.akl@xtra.co.nz www.dunbarsloane.com ILLUSTRATED Extremely Rare Pre-European Stone Carved God Mahe/ Sinker Found on Rangitoto Island Est $5,000 - 10,000

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PART ONE • EVENING SALE New Zealand & International Fine Art Lots 1 – 87 6pm • Wednesday 11 March 2015

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1 Roy Cowan (1918-2006) Big Red Ship oil on board signed with initials 'JCR' (lower right); inscribed with title to the reverse 120 x 106cm $2,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE Private collection, Wellington

2 Roy Cowan (1918-2006) Saturno 80 on Conway Hills oil on board signed with initials 'JCR' (lower right); inscribed with title on the reverse 94 x 91cm $2,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE Private collection, Wellington

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3 Roy Cowan (1918-2006) Blue Abstract oil on board initialled 'JRC' (lower right) 93.5 x 93.5cm $1,000 - 2,000 PROVENANCE Private collection, Wellington

4 John Drawbridge (1930-2005) Bushwalk watercolour and pastel on paper signed and dated 'John Drawbridge 1993' (lower left) 77 x 57cm $2,500 - 4,500 PROVENANCE purchased directly from the artist's studio, 1994

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5 Pat Hanly (1932-2004) Panama Woman lithograph, limited edition 21/38 signed and dated 'Hanly 87' (lower right) 77 x 61cm $2,500 - 4,000

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6 Pat Hanly (1932-2004) Bride Groom Vacation screenprint, limited edition 19/25 signed and dated 'Hanly 91' (lower right) and inscribed with title (lower left) 52.5 x 70cm $2,000 - 4,000

7 Pat Hanly (1932-2004) Brown Model lithograph, limited edition 10/20 signed and dated 'Hanly 85' (lower right) and inscribed with title (upper left) 43 x 61cm $2,000 - 4,000

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8 Pat Hanly (1932-2004) Wonder screenprint, limited edition 32/35 signed and dated 'Hanly 85' (lower right) and inscribed with title (lower left) 40 x 38.5cm $2,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE Private collection, Wellington

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9 Dick Frizzell (b 1943) Another Big Kiss screenprint, ltd ed 37/100 signed and dated 'Frizzell/ 09’ (lower right) and inscribed with title (lower centre) 98.5 x 79cm $2,000 – 4,000 PROVENANCE Private collection, Wellington

10 Don Binney (1940-2012) Grackle, Veracruz screenprint, limited edition 32/10 signed and dated 'Don Binney 1970' (lower right) and inscribed with title (lower left) 68 x 48cm $3,000 - 5,000 PROVENANCE with Tinakori Gallery, 2005 Private collection, Wellington 10

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11 Jeff Thomson (b 1957) Native Construction hand painted and screen printed corrugated iron sculpture on concrete base 200cm height, 70cm width, 60cm depth together with three framed preparatory sketches, signed and dated 2003 (see illustrations below) $4,000 - 7,000 PROVENANCE commissioned directly from the artist, 2004 Private collection, Wellington

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12 Laurence Aberhart (b 1949) Kamala and Charlotte in grounds of Lodge Tawera #188, Oxford, Canterbury silver gelatin print with gold toning signed and dated '81 (lower right) and inscribed with title on reverse of mount 20 x 25cm $3,000 - 5,000

13 Ann Shelton (b 1967) Landschaft, The Bridge to Nowhere, Mangapurua Valley, Wanganui C-type prints, edition of 5, diptych each 72 x 89cm $3,000 - 5,000

LITERATURE Laurence Aberhart, Aberhart (Wellington 2007) fig. I I, p. 278 (colour illustration) & p. 279.

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John Middleditch was born at Port Chalmers in 1906 and received his early education in Dunedin, where he studied at King Edward Technical College.

He trained as an engineering draughtsman and worked in this field for some years while pursuing woodcarving and drawing as hobbies. In 1945, at the end of his war service, Middleditch began studies at the Dunedin School of Art. In 1950 he was a founding member of the ‘New Group’ of artists, with whom he exhibited in woodcarving, oils and watercolours. In 1962 he became a full-time sculptor working primarily in wood, bronze, copper and aluminium.

14 John Middleditch (1906-87) Mother & Child copper sculpture on wooden base 96cm height, 9cm length, 9cm width $1,000 - 2,000 PROVENANCE Private Estate, Wellington

15 John Middleditch (1906-87) Crab (#660) copper sculpture stamped signature, numbered and dated 'MIDDLEDITCH/ 660 1983' on applied plaque 51cm height, 44cm length, 44cm width $2,500 - 3,500 PROVENANCE purchased directly from the artist by the vendor who was a scrap metal agent, who Middleditch sourced materials from for this and the following lot Private collection, Wellington

16 John Middleditch (1906-87) Tortoise (#654) copper sculpture stamped signature, numbered and dated 'MIDDLEDITCH/ 654 1983' on applied plaque; signed and inscribed with title to base 21cm height, 42cm length, 22.5cm width $2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE purchased directly from the artist Private collection, Wellington

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17 Euan Macleod (b 1956) Self Portrait [1985] acrylic on paper dated1/5/85 (upper right) 63 x 98cm $2,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE with Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch Private Collection, Hawkes Bay

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18 Sir M T [Toss] Woollaston (1910-98) Wellington Harbour watercolour signed 'Woollaston' (lower right) 37 x 54.5cm $4,000 - 7,000 PROVENANCE with Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington Private collection, Wellington

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19 Nigel Brown (b 1949) On Sunday Driving oil on board signed and dated 'NIGEL RODERICK BROWN 78-79' (lower left); signed, inscribed with title and dated to reverse 178 x 118cm $6,000 - 10,000

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20 Paul Dibble (b 1943) Antics from the High Country, The Calici Smile cast bronze, AP inscribed with signature and dated 'Paul Dibble NZ 2001' to base 59cm height, 37cm length, 10cm width $8,000 - 14,000 PROVENANCE with Bowen Galleries, Wellington 2001 Private collection, Wellington

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21 John Walsh (b 1954) Untitled [2006] oil on board signed and dated 'J Walsh/ 2006' to reverse 89 x 119cm $15,000 - 20,000

22 John Walsh (b 1954) Untitled [1996] oil on board signed and dated 'J Walsh 1996' to reverse 20 x 120cm $2,000 - 4,000

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23 Don Binney (1940-2012) Muriwai, Takapu I acrylic and oilstick on paper signed and dated 'DON BINNEY 2008' (upper right) 26 x 29cm $8,000 - 14,000

24 Don Binney (1940-2012) Mana Island from Whitireia coloured pencil on paper signed 'DON BINNEY' (lower left) and dated 'JUNE 2008' (lower right) 19.5 x 29.5cm $4,000 - 7,000

PROVENANCE with The Diversion Gallery, Marlborough Private collection, Kapiti Coast

PROVENANCE with The Diversion Gallery, Marlborough, 2009 Private collection, Kapiti Coast

EXHIBITED The Diversion Gallery, December 2008

EXHIBITED Mana Island, Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua, September 2009

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25 Don Binney (1940-2012) Fox Glacier Bird acrylic and oilstick laminate on canvas signed and dated 'DON BINNEY MMVI' (lower right) 30 x 37.5cm $16,000 - 24,000 PROVENANCE with The Diversion Gallery, Marlborough, 2007 Private collection, Kapiti Coast EXHIBITED 'Don Binney, Beyond the Road', The Diversion Gallery, June - August 2007, no 1. (illustrated, exhibition catalogue)

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26 Ralph Hotere (1931-2014) Pine ink, watercolour and graphite on paper signed & dated 'Hotere/ '72' (lower right) 69 x 49cm $8,000 - 14,000 PROVENANCE the vendor, a potter, was in Dunedin assisting Barry Brickell with an exhibition at Kobi Bosshard, August 1976. Both Brickell & the vendor stayed with Hotere and the vendor swapped some of his pots for this work Private collection, Canterbury

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27 Pat Hanly (1932-2004) 4 Physical Ego oil on board signed and dated 'Hanly 75' (lower right) and inscribed with title (lower left) 44.5 x 44.5cm $18,000 - 26,000 PROVENANCE Private collection, Wellington

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28 Grahame Sydney (b 1948) Standing, Study for Model in Light watercolour signed and dated 'GRAHAME SYDNEY 1987' (lower right) 64 x 52cm $25,000 - 35,000 This work is a study for Model in Light, 1988, see reference The Art of Grahame Sydney (Dunedin 2000) p. 135, pl. 107 PROVENANCE with Janne Land Gallery, Wellington, most likely exhibited 'Grahame Sydney: Paintings, Drawings and Etchings', 1987 Private collection, Wellington

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29 Charles Frederick Goldie (1870-1947) An Ancient Aristocrat Atama Paparangi, a Chieftain of the Rarawa tribe oil on canvas signed and dated 'C. F. Goldie./ 1920' (upper left); original paper labels affixed to reverse (see illustrations below) and Dibble Gallery, New Jersey label affixed to reverse 26.5 x 21.5cm $300,000 - 340,000

Atama Paparangi (1817-1917) was chief of the Taumai hapu of the Rarawa tribe, in later years becoming patriarch of the tribe. He lived at Mitimiti, on the coast between Hokianga and Whangape. A famous warrior, he fought at Kororareka with Tamati Waaka Nene’s men against Hone Heke. In later years Atama became a staunch Catholic strongly advocating that his followers adhere to the faith as well.

PROVENANCE Private collection, UK sale, Sotheby's, London, 31 May 1972 (sold £1,600) Private Estate, Wellington

At over six foot tall with an intricate facial moko, executed at Pupuwai by the famous tattooist Huitara, Atama presented a striking figure. He became one of Goldie’s favourite subjects in the 1930s, painting seven portraits working from photographs after his death. Over the course of time Goldie submitted several portraits of Atama to the Royal Academy in London and the Paris Salon. ‘An Aristocrat’ Atama Paparangi, A Chieftain of the Rarawa Tribe of Maoris, 1933 was exhibited at the Royal Academy, London in 1934 (no. 591). This work formerly in the collection of Charles Bathhurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe (1867-1958), former Governor General of New Zealand, was sold recently at Christie’s London, September 2013 (lot 6) for £313,875. Atama was also selected as the subject of one of Goldie’s two last submissions ‘In Doubt’, 1938 to the Paris Salon in 1939.

LITERATURE Sotheby’s Catalogue, 31 May 1972, p. 38. (black and white reproduction) NZ Herald, 2 June 1972 Alister Taylor & Jan Glen, C. F. Goldie (1870-1947) His Life & Painting (Martinborough 1977) p. 257.

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Goldie’s first depiction of Atama dates to 1912, although they most likely made each others acquaintance in 1901 at an official function during the Royal visit by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York.

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30 Charles Decimus Barraud (1822-1897) The Mansion House, Cheviot watercolour and pencil heightened with white signed and dated 'CD Barraud/ NZ 1875' (lower right) 73 x 131cm $45,000 - 55,000

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PROVENANCE This painting was one of five that William Robinson commissioned C D Barraud to paint of his Cheviot Hills Estate in North Canterbury.

William Robinson was the vendor's Great Great Grandfather and the painting has been inherited by descent Private collection, Canterbury The painting shows the view from the front steps of the Mansion House. The painting indicates Robinson's intention to produce an English landscape garden. The horses are William and Sara Robinson’s and are held by a groom.

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31 Peter McIntyre (1910-95) Maori Family, East Cape oil on board signed 'PETER MCINTYRE' (lower right) 85 x 69cm $25,000 - 35,000 PROVENANCE Estate Collection, Auckland LITERATURE Peter McIntyre's New Zealand (Auckland 1964) plate 14 (colour illustration) 'I was prowling along a beach all strewn with sea-worn logs and pondering that sculpture had come in a wide circle almost back to this point, for only a touch more gouging would have dotted the beach with Henry Moore's, when I saw them - a Maori family in a splash of colour among the bleached wood, silhouetted against a green sea.

They had their flax baskets, gathering who knows what? Big-eyed and half wild children and a splendid woman who posed for me with dignity.

These Maoris of the Cape, less touched by city life than elsewhere, have retained their pride and stature of their forebears who landed here at Cape Runaway. They made peace with the Pakeha after the Hau-Hau trouble in the Maori Wars; that peace remains unbroken and that friendliness remains all around the Cape. When we stopped at the first roadside store the old Maoris sitting around the doorstep gave us a friendly laughing greeting.’ Peter McIntyre

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32 Colin McCahon (1919-87) Urewera no. 4 sawdust, synthetic polymer paint on hardboard signed and dated 'McCahon Feb. '69.' (lower right); signed and inscribed 'Colin McCahon / URUWERA [sic] / Feb '69 / 4 to reverse 27.9 x 29.6cm $45,000 - 55,000 PROVENANCE with Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington c1969 purchased from the above by the present owner Private Collection, Wellington REFERENCE Colin McCahon Online Catalogue, record no cm001210

Urewera no. 4 was inspired by a memorable trip through the Urewera mountains in 1968, as detailed in an impassioned letter to Anna Caselberg after the event: ‘Anne & I have been down to a weekend school in Napier – we came back through the Urewera country in pouring rain, wipers packed up, at least fifty slips, large and small on the road – no tops showing – dark bush & flowing red mud, drifting clouds held between trees – and a freat lot of luck not to silde sideways over the edge and down four or five hundred feet into foaming yellow ochre rivers and lakes. Coromandel is a land for beginners, this for those who have learned how to cry. However the Maori people survived, got through, lived in these places is more than I can imagine. Always wet, mostly cold – the sky not open but existing only between mountain tops. It must not be looked at romantically but as hard and as objectively (and as long) as possible and eventually as a symbol. After our crossing I’m both scared to return but I think I must. There is a bluff over Waikaremoana – and some steep almost vertical mountain sides with perpendicular bush that must eventually be analised [sic]…’

The trip, in part, re-stimulated McCahon’s interest in Maori themes for the first time since 1965 and bore several Urewera paintings in 1969 and the Urewera Mural of 1975. This infamous mural was commissioned by the Urewera National Park Board for the recently completed Waikaremoana Visitor Centre at Aniwaniwa. It rose to notoriety when stolen in a highly publicized political theft in 1997, immortalizing it as one of New Zealand’s most significant public art works.

The year 1969 was to be among the most productive of McCahon’s career, by December producing his largest of written paintings since 1959 Elias period.

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33 Colin McCahon (1919-1987) Kaipara ink on paper signed with initials, dated and inscribed with title 'C. McC. '76 KAIPARA (lower left) 73 x 120.3cm $50,000 - 60,000 PROVENANCE Private collection, Auckland REFERENCE Colin McCahon Online Catalogue, record no cm000577

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34 Sir Peter Siddell (1935-2011) A Bygone Era acrylic on canvas signed & dated 'Peter Siddell 1978' (lower right) 120 x 130cm $80,000 - 100,000 PROVENANCE Collection of Tony & Patricia Sinclair, Auckland REFERENCE The Art of Peter Siddell (Godwit, Random House, Auckland 2011) p. 92-95 (colour illustration), entitled 'A Portrait of Tony and Patsy' EXHIBITED Auckland Art Gallery, Contemporary New Zealand Realist Paintings, 1979 Our good friends Tony and Patsy Sinclair wanted a portrait that included some of their furniture and possibly coloured glass. I painted them in a house which they wished they had owned. Through the window can be seen a suggestion of a painting by Don Binney, an artist they very much admired. I also included Avril with Kauri Trees, which they already owned.

The house is no longer there‌' The Art of Peter Siddell p. 92.

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35 Frances Hodgkins (1869-1947) Mending Her Husband's Net watercolour signed indistinctly/faded (lower right) 35 x 21cm $20,000 - 40,000 PROVENANCE gifted by the artist to Mrs A R Bloxam, Christchurch - whose brother Mr Alexander Carrick was married to one of Frances Hodgkin's aunt’s.

Inherited by Mrs B M Berney, Masterton, daughter of the above and by descent to the Cooper Family sale, Dunbar Sloane Ltd, Wellington 28 July 1999 (lot 48) as 'The Fisherman's Wife' Private collection, Auckland EXHIBITED Wairarapa Art Exhibition, September 1962 The subject of the work is Phemie, the Hodgkins’ maid at Cranmore Lodge & one of Hodgkins favoured subjects during this period.

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36 Charles Nathaniel Worsley (1862-1923) Corner of Lambton Quay & Customhouse Quay, Wellington watercolour signed 'C. N. Worsley' (lower left) 33 x 23cm $8,000 - 14,000 PROVENANCE Private collection, Sydney, Australia

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38 John Gully (1819-1888) View of Nelson Harbour watercolour 29 x 72cm $6,000 - 10,000 PROVENANCE Private estate Wellington

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39 Sir Oswald H J Birley MC, RA (British, 1880-1952) Hon Mrs William Watson oil on canvas signed and dated 'Oswald Birley - 1904' (lower right); inscribed 'Mrs Watson/April 1904' to the reverse of canvas, remnants of original paper label 'Academy Exhibition/Title Hon Mrs William Watson/Artist Oswald Birley/…' attached to reverse 194 x 89cm $15,000 - 25,000 PROVENANCE by descent to the current owner, whom is the sitter's granddaughter Private collection, Wellington Sir Oswald Birley was born in New Zealand while his parents were on a world tour. Upon returning to England, he was educated at Harrow School, London and Trinity College, Cambridge. He served in France in World War I, first with the Royal Fusiliers, later transferring to the Intelligence Corps, obtaining the rank of captain and being awarded the Military Cross in 1919. During World War II he served with the rank of major in the Home Guard.

A favourite of the Royal Family, he was well known for his portraits of King George V, Queen Mary, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and the present monarch Queen Elizabeth II. He also painted several highly regarded portraits of his friend Sir Winston Churchill, to whom he also gave painting lessons. One such portrait of Sir Winston painted in 1950, sold for £1.4million at Sotheby’s London December 2014 from the Estate of Lady Mary Soames, Sir Winston’s last surviving child.

Sophia Marjorie Cowan was the daughter of John James Cowan and Sophia Margaret Gillespie, of Bavelaw Castle, Balerno. She married the judge William Watson, Baron Thankerton (1873–1948). Their union producing two sons, Hon William Douglas Watson and Hon David John Watson QC and one daughter, Hon Sophia Margaret Watson, the later of whom is the vendor’s mother.

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40 Sydney Lough Thompson (1877-1973) Waimakariri River oil on canvas signed 'S L Thompson' (lower left) 52 x 70cm $6,000 - 10,000

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41 Sydney Lough Thompson (1877-1973) Farmyard at Bruce-Coe Lodge, Irwell, Canterbury oil on canvas signed 'S L Thompson' (lower right) 61 x 79cm $6,000 - 10,000

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42 Sydney Lough Thompson (1877-1973) Market Scene, Concarneau oil on canvas signed 'S.L. Thompson' (lower left); Lucien Lefebvre-Foinet, Paris stamp to stretcher 38 x 46cm $12,000 - 16,000 PROVENANCE Estate of Ernest W Hunt, former President of the NZ Academy of Fine Arts (1923-1926) and Board Member (1919-1927, 1936-1959)

43 Sydney Lough Thompson (1877-1973) On the Quay, Concarneau oil on canvas signed 'S L Thompson' (lower right) 36 x 46cm $7,500 - 12,500

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44 Tony De Lautour (b 1965) Head Count 9 acrylic on jute canvas signed and dated 'Tony de Lautour 1999' (lower right) and inscribed with title (lower left) 121 x 81cm $6,000 - 10,000 PROVENANCE Private collection, Christchurch

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45 Peter Robinson (b 1966) Untitled [1999] acrylic on paper signed and dated 'P Robinson '99' (lower right) 64.5 x 49.5cm $4,000 - 7,000 PROVENANCE with Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Melbourne 2000 sale, Dunbar Sloane Ltd, Wellington, 4 August 2002 (lot 23) Private collection, Central Otago

46 Milan Mrkusich (b 1925) Painting 62-1 oil, graphite and metallic foils on stretched canvas signed and dated 'Mrkusich 1/69' (lower right); inscribed with title to the reverse 84 x 89cm $15,000 - 25,000 PROVENANCE Collection of Ministry Foreign Affairs & Trade (stamp to reverse) Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland Private collection, Nelson

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47 Jeff Thomson (b 1957) Dog [1989] corrugated iron sculpture 98cm height, 55cm length, 36cm width $2,000 - 4,000

48 Jeff Thomson (b 1957) Untitled [1990] terracotta flake on corrugated iron 200 height, 700cm length, 30cm depth/maximum (overall) $5,000 - 8,000

PROVENANCE Private collection, Hawkes Bay

PROVENANCE commissioned by Athfield Architects for Department of Labour

LITERATURE Richard Brimer, Jeff Thomson, Any Old Iron (Auckland 1992) pl. 36 & 37 (illustrated) Corrugations, The Art of Jeff Thomson (Tauranga 2013) p. 64. (illustrated)

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LITERATURE Richard Brimer, Jeff Thomson, Any Old Iron (Auckland 1992) pl. 111, 112, 113 (illustrated)

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50 Peter McIntyre (1910-95) Lovers, Luxembourg Gardens indian ink on paper signed 'Peter McIntyre' in pencil (lower right) 53.5 x 40cm $2,000 - 4,000 LITERATURE Peter McIntyre, The Painted Years (Auckland 1962) p. 210 (b/w illustration) 51

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51 Peter McIntyre (1910-95) Capri indian ink on paper signed 'Peter McIntyre' in pencil (lower right) 54 x 40cm $2,000 - 4,000

52 Peter McIntyre (1910-95) The Rangitikei River oil on canvas board signed 'PETER MCINTYRE' (lower right) 59 x 74cm $18,000 - 26,000

LITERATURE Peter McIntyre, The Painted Years (Auckland 1962) p. 206 (b/w illustration)

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53 Peter McIntyre (1910-1995) Native Americans on Horseback oil on canvas signed 'PETER MCINTYRE' (lower right) 67 x 87cm $4,000 - 7,000

54 Colin Wheeler (1919-2012) Nor 'West Morning watercolour signed 'COLIN V. WHEELER' (lower right) 26 x 36cm $2,000 - 4,000

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55 Colin Wheeler (1919-2012) Hakataramea oil on board signed 'COLIN V. WHEELER' (lower right); signed on original label affixed to reverse 60 x 47cm $4,500 - 6,500 PROVENANCE Private collection, Kapiti Coast LITERATURE Colin Wheeler, Historic Sheep Stations of the South Island, A Second Series (Wellington 1971) p. 45 (colour illustration)

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56 Colin Wheeler (1919-2012) Woolshed, South Island oil on board signed 'COLIN V WHEELER' (lower right) 47 x 60cm $3,000 - 5,000 PROVENANCE Private collection, Wairarapa

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57 John Barr Clarke Hoyte (1835-1913) Akaroa Harbour watercolour signed 'J C Hoyte' (lower left) 41 x 30cm $6,000 - 10,000 PROVENANCE Private collection, Canterbury

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58 Attributed Rita Angus (1908-70) Ann & Edna, Mount Maunganui c1930 watercolour inscribed 'Rita Angus did this of Ann & Edna down at the Mount about late 1930' to the reverse 8.5 x 17cm $3,000 - 6,000 PROVENANCE gifted to the current owner by his aunt, Ruth Orchiston, who was a friend of the artist

59 Frances Hodgkins (1869-1947) Portrait of Young Woman with Flowers in Hair watercolour signed with initials and dated 'FMH 91.' (lower right) 22.5 x 18cm $3,500 - 7,000 We would like to acknowledge Mary Kisler & Tony Mackle's assistance in cataloguing this lot

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60 William Matthew Hodgkins (1839-98) Milford Sound watercolour signed and dated 'WMHodgkins/ 1875' (lower left) 14 x 30cm $2,000 - 4,000

61 John Barr Clarke Hoyte (1835-1913) Whangarei Heads watercolour signed with initials (lower right) 18 x 34cm $3,000 - 5,000

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62 William Lee Hankey RWS, RI, ROI, RE (British, 1869-1952) The Trysting Place watercolour signed 'W LEE HANKEY' (lower left); entitled on original paper label affixed to the reverse 27 x 47cm $2,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE Private Estate, Wellington

63 Theo Champion (German, 1887-1952) Landscape with Cyclist oil on canvas signed and dated 'Champion/1926' (lower centre) 46 x 38cm $2,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE Private collection, Auckland

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64 64 George Sherriff (1846-1930) after Sir Edwin Landseer Sleeping Bloodhound oil on canvas 100 x 126cm $2,000 - 3,000

65 Theophile Emile Achille de Bock (Dutch, 1851-1904) Cattle Grazing; Feeding the Chickens both oil on canvas one signed 'Th de Bock' (lower right) each 46 x 62cm (2) $2,000 - 4,000

ILLUSTRATED NZ Cyclopedia p. 1937, illustrated hanging above the fireplace in Mr Geo. Sherriff's Studio

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66 Ralph Hotere (1931-2014) From "Pine" a poem by Bill Manhire woodblock and ink on paper signed and inscribed 'Hotere '73/ for GM' (lower right) 54 x 42cm $6,000 - 10,000

67 Colin McCahon (1919-87) Moby Dick is Sighted off Muriwai Beach lithograph, limited edition 125/200 signed and dated 'McCahon '72' within plate 49 x 59cm $2,500 - 4,500

68 Jason Greig (b 1963) The Shadow of the Wind oil on board signed and dated ‘Jason Greig 2007’ and inscribed with title to reverse 23.5 x 19cm $2,000 - 4,000 67

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69 Graham Kirk (b 1948) The Phantom and Pencarrow Head acrylic on board signed and dated ‘KIRK 2013’ (upper right); signed, inscribed with title and dated to the reverse 105 x 140cm $2,500 - 4,000

70 Tony Fomison (1939-1990) Lizard of Death oil on board 83 x 122cm $2,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE most likely purchased CSA, Durham Street Gallery, Christchurch c1961 Private collection, Canterbury

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71 Michael Smither (b 1939) Drina oil on board signed with initials and dated 'MDX 1962' (upper left) 100 x 67cm $4,000 - 7,000 PROVENANCE gifted to the current owner by the sitter Private collection, Manawatu

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72 Philip Clairmont (1949-84) Self Portrait oil on board inscribed with initials 'PCT' and inscribed 'SELF' (upper left); signed to the reverse 39 x 29.5cm $5,000 - 8,000 PROVENANCE Private collection, Wellington

73 Philippa Blair (b 1945) Shunt/Cutting Loose oil on canvas, diptych signed, inscribed with title and dated 2003 to reverse of each canvas 76 x 76cm each, 76 x 152cm overall $2,500 - 5,000 PROVENANCE with Janne Land Gallery, Wellington 2005

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74 Philippa Blair (b 1945) Packapoo: Fast Shuttle acrylic on canvas 171 x 167cm $2,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE with Milford House, Dunedin 1992

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75 Gavin Chilcott (b 1950) Revised 'Ideal Standard Forms - Homage to Ed. Allington British Sculptor mixed media wall mounting sculpture signed, inscribed with title and dated 'Aug 1987' to reverse 118 x 92cm, maximum $2,000 - 4,000

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76 Patricia France (1911-95) 'Sudden in a shaft of light' - T. S. Eliot oil on board signed 'P. France' (lower right); inscribed with title and dated 1992 to the reverse 27.5 x 35.5cm $4,000 - 7,000 PROVENANCE with Milford Galleries, Dunedin Private collection, Marlborough

77 Jane Evans (1946-2012) Portrait of a Child acrylic on paper signed and dated 'Jane Evans '74' (lower right) 54 x 37cm $2,000 - 3,500 PROVENANCE purchased Suter Art Gallery, Nelson c1977 Private collection, Nelson 77

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78 Jane Evans (1946-2012) Marlborough Sounds acrylic on board signed and dated 'Jane Evans '77' (lower right) 60 x 76cm $4,000 - 6,000 PROVENANCE purchased directly from the artist Private collection, Nelson

79 Jane Evans (1946-2012) Old Man with Pipe acrylic on board signed 'Jane Evans' (upper right); signed, inscribed with title and dated 1981 with ref no 81A004 to the reverse 65 x 45cm $3,000 - 5,000 PROVENANCE purchased Suter Art Gallery, Nelson c1980 Private collection, Nelson LITERATURE John Coley, Jane Evans (Christchurch 1997) p. 67 (colour illustration), entitled 'Old Man with Pipe, Portrait of the artist's father in a blue cap'

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80 Tom Esplin (1915-2005) Island of Santorini oil on board signed 'Esplin' (lower left) 31 x 49cm $3,000 - 5,000 PROVENANCE Private collection, Marlborough

81 Tom Esplin (1915-2005) Gordes, France oil on board signed 'Esplin' (lower left) 52 x 36cm $2,500 - 4,000

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82 Tom Esplin (1915-2005) Nuremberg oil on board signed 'Esplin' (lower left) 32 x 43.5cm $2,000 - 4,000

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83 Helen Brown (1917-86) Islands oil on canvas board signed and dated 'HELEN BROWN 73' (lower right) 74 x 100cm $3,000 - 6,000

84 John Weeks (1888-1965) Country Clay Road oil on canvas signed 'J. WEEKS' (lower left) 39.5 x 55cm $4,000 - 7,000

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85 85 John S Parker (b 1944) Plain Song from a Blue Train oil on canvas signed and dated 'J S Parker 03' (lower right); inscribed with title to the reverse 91 x 183cm $2,500 - 4,500

86 Allen Maddox (1948-2000) Untitled [1983] watercolour & graphite on paper signed with initials and dated 'AM 27.1.83' (lower centre) 41 x 57.5cm $1,500 - 3,000

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87 Tony Lane (b 1949) A Range of Hills oil and gold leaf on gesso panel signed with initials (lower left); signed, inscribed with title and dated 2001 to the reverse 77 x 61.5cm $2,000 - 4,000

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