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GORDON WALTERS
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JOHN Parker
Matt Black Stoneware Bowl
Bronze Stripe Porcelain Bowl
Stoneware Bronze Bowl
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Lot #11
JOE SHEEHAN
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Tuesday 26 September 9:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 27 September 9:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 28 September 9:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 29 September 9:30am - 5:00pm
Saturday 30 September Closed
Sunday 01 October Closed
Monday 02 October 9:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 03 October 9:30am - 5:00pm
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Following the success of our July Important & Rare Art auction, which was the highest grossing sale so far this year, International Art Centre invites entries for our final live auction of the year.
Early entries include two significant Colin McCahon paintings. Illustrated above, ‘Five (Russell Finnemore & Colin McCahon)’ appears on the market after it was last seen at the 1965 The Group Show in Christchurch. This painting and another by the artist are early highlights of our forthcoming sale.
The auction also includes significant works by Charles F Goldie, Rita Angus, Allen Maddox, Michael Smither, Ray Ching, John Walsh, Tony Fomison and Michael Hight. An international highlight includes a work by Dora Maar (1907 - 1997) with impeccable provenance. Maar was a painter, poet and romantic partner of Pablo Picasso.
Serpentine & Black Granite 5 x 5
Dated 2011
$600 - 1,000
Light Stones
Black Greywacke & Glass 10.5 x 8
$1,200 - 1,800
White Marble & Black Granite 12 x 6
$1,200 - 1,800
Lightstone (White/Blue
White Marble & Blue Glass 8 x 8
$1,000 - 1,500
Granite & Sandstone (India) 10.2 x 10.2
$1,400 - 1,800
6 GREER TWISS
Pencil & Fingers
Bronze 20 x 5
Signed $1,800 - 2,500
7 GREER TWISS
Cushion & Wing Nuts
Bronze 9.5 x 13
Signed & dated 80
$1,200 - 1,800
8 GREER TWISS
Definition I, 1969
Vacuum print, resin moulded sculpture, wooden frame, unique 21.5 x 21.5
Signed, inscribed and dated 1969 verso
$800 - 1,500
9 GREER TWISS
Definition 6, 1969
Vacuum print, resin moulded sculpture, wooden frame, unique 21.5 x 21.5
Signed, inscribed and dated 1969 verso
$800 - 1,500
10 GREER TWISS
Greer Twiss Book & Pendant
Twist 2013 book, edition 79/100 31 x 28
Signed
$150 - 250
Key Pendant
NZ Pounamu 8 x 2
Inscribed & dated ‘20
$900 - 1,500
Untitled (Battery), 2020
Argillite (Nelson) & Cast
Sterling Silver 5 x 2.5
$900 - 1,300
13 FIONA PARDINGTON
Still Life with Laszlo’s Wilting Tulips 2018
Inkjet on Epsom Archival Matte
189gsm, edition 99/100 18 x 23.8
Signed verso
$2,000 - 3,000
14
Angel in the Apple Tree
Bronze 16.5 x 16.5
Signed, dated ‘98 & inscribed No. 626
$2,000 - 3,000
Maveheaga, Manako
Lithograph, edition 3/38 80 x 86
Signed, inscribed & dated 2006
$2,000 - 3,000
16
Island Mentality
Aluminium cut out glued on paper 76 x 56.5
Signed & dated 17.6.87
$7,000 - 10,000
Then
Screenprint, edition 75/125 40.5 x 53.5
Signed, inscribed & dated 1980
$6,000 - 9,000
18 FIONA
Trompette des Mortes/Craterellus cornicopioides, 2011
Pigment ink on Hahnemuhle Photo rag, edition 2/10 81.5 x 109
$5,000 - 8,000
Edward Bullmore’s Launch (Lake Tarawera) 1993
Gelatin silver print 43 x 28
Signed, inscribed Edward Bullmore’s Launch (Lake Tarawera) 1993 & dated 1983 verso
$4,000 - 6,000
Red on Black
Screenprint, From the series: Barry Lett Multiple Series
54.5 x 45
$800 - 1,500
Winter Solstice XII
Burnished Steel, gold dust and Acrylic into vintage mirror 30 x 46
Collaborative artwork signed on reverse by both artists. Signed, inscribed Port
Chalmers 1998, For Ross Winter Solstice
XII 98, Meroi & dated 1998 verso
$1,200 - 2,500
Black Rainbow at Matauri Bay Lithograph, edition 10/20 45 x 32.5
Signed, inscribed & dated 1988 at Marian’s Place
$5,000 - 8,000
23 RALPH HOTERE
Window in Spain
Watercolour 32 x 22.5
Signed & dated 1978
$8,000 - 12,000
24 RALPH HOTERE
Otago Peninsula from the Studio at Port Chalmers
Ink and wash 44 x 69
Signed & dated 3-1972
$8,000 - 12,000
25 RALPH HOTERE
Round Midnight, March
Lithograph, edition 20/24 47 x 67
Signed, inscribed & dated 2000
$7,000 - 10,000
26 RALPH HOTERE
Pou o Te Rangi
Screenprint, edition 2/10 83 x 37
Signed inscribed Pou o Te Rangi verso & dated 1965
$5,000 - 8,000
24 RALPH HOTERE
Otago Peninsula from the Studio at Port Chalmers
Ink and wash 44 x 69
Signed & dated 3-1972
$8,000 - 12,000
Untitled Acrylic, sliver and pastel on newspaper 58 x 39
$600 - 1,200
Matt Black Stoneware Bowl
Ceramic 14 x 30
Signed & inscribed C1970
$300 - 500
Tiki II, 1966 (2022)
Screenprint, edition of 100 105.5 x 80.5
Indented with Walters Estate Blindstamp
$7,000 - 10,000
Tahi, 1969 (2021)
Screenprint, edition 28 of 100 105.5 x 80.5
Indented with Walters Estate Blindstamp
$7,000 - 10,000
Taranaki
Ink on paper 40 x 62
Signed
$800 - 1,200
Vulcan Chalmers
Lithograph, edition 8/20 37.5 x 28
Signed & dated 2004
$500 - 800
Hermes
Lithograoh, edition 8/20 38 x 28.5
Signed & dated 2004
$500 - 800
Motorways
Screenprint, From the series: Barry Lett
Multiple Series 56 x 45
$500 - 700
Untitled - Three Gourds with Handles
Ink and coloured pencil on paper 30 x 21
Signed
$800 - 1,200
Three Screamers
Oil on paper 41 x 88.5
Signed & dated 1981
$4,500 - 6,500
“Proud to be a Painter” in an Embossed Frame
Acrylic on canvas 50.5 x 56
Signed $2,500 - 4,500
Data Attraction
Screenprint, edition 4/25 49 x 72.5
Signed, inscribed & dated 2006
$1,000 - 2,000
Untitled
Pastel & graphite on paper 65.8 x 49.5
Signed
$800 - 1,200
Wharfside
Acrylic on board 19.5 x 27.2
Signed; Inscribed on label affixed verso; Arthur Dagley Studio Gallery label affixed verso
$600 - 1,000
Assemblance
Mixed media on board 78 x 59
Assemblance inscribed & dated 1978/3 verso
$1,500 - 3,500
The Green Rain Ferns
Acrylic, sand and fern on hardboard 65 x 50
Signed & dated 1989
$400 - 800
Nocturne with Blue Window
Mixed media on board 63 x 48
Signed lower right
$400 - 600
Six O’Clock
Screenprint, Artist’s proof no. 4, 41 x 34
Signed & dated 1985
$800 - 1,200
Red Door
Digital print 33 x 24
Signed & dated 2010, edition 9 of 16
$1,500 - 2,500
Portrait
Oil on canvas 49 x 39.5
Initialled C.P.C. 1930
$2,500 - 3,500
Christopher Perkins helped lay the foundations for modern art in New Zealand, producing a well-known body of landscape paintings as well as some of the most striking portraits of his era
Signed, inscribed & dated 27 May 1979 verso
$2,000 - 4,000
51 RALPH HOTERE
A Fall of Rain at Mitimiti Te Papa Print in Roger Hickin Frame 56.5 x 37.5
Signed, inscribed a suggested drawing for Hone Tuwhare’s collected poems. ‘Mihi’ & dated 1986
$400 - 800
52 JEAN HORSLEY
Manukau City, 1988 - unframed Oil on board 120 x 80
Signed, inscribed Manukau City & dated 1988 verso
$500 - 1,000
Clipped Blue Triangle Study I
Acrylic on canvas 60.8 x 45.7
Signed & dated 1985; Signed & inscribed verso
$2,500 - 3,500
One of Australia’s foremost modern artists, George Johnson pioneered abstraction in the country in the 1950s with geometric works that possess a forceful clarity.
Born in New Zealand, Johnson was a protégé of Theo Schoon, who introduced him to international trends in art such as Bauhaus, De Stijl, Constructivism, and Suprematism.
The artist moved to Melbourne in 1951, and his early paintings reflect the post-war scarcity. Inexpensive and available materials like burlap, house paint, and Masonite board lend these works their characteristically textured surfaces.
After traveling to Peru in 1972, Johnson spent much of the next decade producing a series known as “The Brown” or “Peruvian Paintings.” Works such as Untitled (1975) employ bold, organic lines over earthy tones.
Johnson’s work has been exhibited widely in Australia and New Zealand and is in important national collections, including the National Gallery of Australia and the National Gallery of Victoria.
Skyscrapers
Offset lithograph with foil 137 x 59
Framed
$500 - 1,000
Conservation Week 1974, New Zealanded & purple
Offset lithograph with metal foil insets dark green & blue 84 x 60
Signed in plate
$800 - 1,200
Conservation Week 1974, New Zealanddark green & blue
Offset lithograph with metal foil insets dark green & blue 84 x 60
Signed in plate
$800 - 1,200
Aroha, 2015
Spray paint & acrylic on marine ply 100 x 100
Signed, inscribed & dated 2015 verso
$3,000 - 5,000
58 ZENA ELLIOTT
Signed, titled and dated verso
$2,000 - 3,000
The Brightside
Resin on board 100 x 100
Signed & dated 2021
$2,500 - 4,500
“We are on the vino’s in the bay”
Oil on canvas 60 x 45
Signed
$1,500 - 3,000
62 ALISON GRANVILLE
Diatoma II 2011
Acrylic on canvas 27.6 x 39.5
$300 - 600
63 TONY LANE
Three Clouds
Oil paint, schlagmetal on gesso on wood
15 x 184
Signed and dated 1994
$5,000 - 8,000
64 BRIDGET BIDWILL
Abstract Still Life
Oil & mixed media on board 80 x 120
Signed lower right
$1,500 - 2,500
65 JOHN PARKER
Bronze Stripe Porcelain Bowl
Ceramic 8.5 x 24.5
Signed
$300 - 600
Stoneware Bronze Bowl
Bronze 5 x 11
Signed & inscribed C1995
$150 - 250
Binney Landscape
Oil on board 43 x 68.5
Signed & dated 1975
$400 - 600
Touches
Screenprint, edition of 26, 48.5 x 63.5
Signed, inscribed & dated 1968
$2,000 - 3,000
69
Indian View Series, 1971
Screenprint, edition 9/75 34.5 x 44.5
Signed & dated 1971
$1,500 - 2,000
70 NICK MOON
Soul Journeys V, 1999
Oil & photograph on wood sculpture
26 x 166
Signed, inscribed & dated 1999 verso
$2,500 - 4,000
Lace
Corrugated iron sculpture 44 x 37
Signed & dated 2003
$1,000 - 2,000
Snake (Shadie Ladie)
Screenprint, edition 73/200 59.5 x 46.5
Signed, inscribed Snake & dated 1977
$700 - 1,000
Colyton, 2010
Screenprint, edition 46/100, 63 x 105
Signed & inscribed
$4,000 - 6,000
74 MICHAEL SMITHER
Clouds and Horizon, 1978 - unframed
Screenprint, edition 1/41/78-179 64.5 x 46
Signed & numbered
$600 - 1,000
75 MICHAEL SMITHER
Dreamboat
Screenprint, edition AP 48.5 x 48
Signed & dated 2006
$600 - 1,200
76 PATRICK HAYMAN
Untitled Oil on board 15 x 57
Signed
$1,800 - 2,600
Dunedin Street Scene
Mixed media on wood panel 30 x 21
Signed
$1,500 - 2,500
Untitled, Boat Sheds
Acrylic on canvas 97.5 x 82.5
Signed & dated XL
$1,000 - 2,000
79 RICHARD THOMPSON
Untitled
Acrylic on board 40 x 30
Signed, titled ‘Untitled’ and dated 1997 verso
$400 - 600
80 COLIN VERNON WHEELER
Shopsfronts in County Clare, Ireland
Oil on board 25 x 65
Signed & dated 1989
$1,000 - 2,000
81
Italia
Etching, edition A/P 27.5 x 25
Signed & dated 1988
$200 - 300
82
Set Piece: La Scala
Etching , edition 5/25 29 x 27
Signed & dated 1988
$200 - 300
83 KEITH HARING
Montreux Jazz Festival, 1983 (Green)
Official silkscreen poster 100 x 70
Signed, inscribed & dated 1983 in plate
$1,000 - 1,500
84
Elegy 1986
Acrylic on canvas 122 x 122
Signed inscribed Elegy & dated 1986 verso
$4,000 - 6,000
85
Grass Seed, circa 2015
Acrylic on linen 90 x 120
Signed & inscribed verso
$2,000 - 5,000
86
Balang Spirit, 2002
Kurrajong with ochre pigment and PVA fixative 150 x 11
Accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity
$3,500 - 4,500
BARBARA WEIR JOHN MAWURNDJUL
87 JOHN MADDEN
Untitled
Mixed media 27 x 37
Signed lower right
$300 - 500
88 KEN KENDAL
Girl
Bronze sculpture, edition 5/12 33 x 9
$1,400 - 2,000
89 ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Next Wave
Offset lithographic poster 89 x 59
This limited edition re-print of Roy Lichtenstein inaugural Next Wave Festival Poster was created in celebration of CBM’s Bams 20th Next Wave Festival 1 October2 December 2002, copyright Estate of Roy Lichtenstein
$800 - 1,200
Marilyn Monroe for Neues Publishing, 1993
Framed vintage posted 96 x 96
$800 - 1,200
LIBERTÉ EGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ = FREEDOM EQUALITY FRATERNITY
Offset lithograph on cream Speckletone
paper 91.5 x 61
Signed & dated 2020
$500 - 800
Retro Oil on board 58 x 76
Signed & dated 2013
$2,500 - 3,500
Entombment
Linocut 20 x 45
Signed & dated 1968
$200 - 400
Golden Sun - unframed
Mixed media on card 65 x 50
Signed & dated 1990
$400 - 600
92 DAVID BARKER 93 MICHAEL SMITHER 94 KEITH PATTERSONUntitled (Blue / Green)
Lithograph, edition of 14, 30.5 x 60
$400 - 600
Long Cloud at Kaukapakapa, 1999
Lacquer and enamel on MDF 100 x 100
Signed, inscribed & dated 1999 verso
$500 - 1,000
Coastal Scene
Watercolour 38.5 x 56.5
$800 - 1,200
Vertical Stripes Abstract - unframed / mounted
Watercolour 52.5 x 59
Signed & dated 1978
$300 - 600
99 MICHAEL SMITHER
Six Cloud and Moon Works
Screenprint 44 x 40.5
Signed, inscribed & dated 1/14/75-138, Editions 1 - 6
$400 - 800
100
Interior Oil on three panels 224 x 111
Signed, inscribed verso & dated 1984
$1,500 - 2,500
Untitled 1995
Screenprint 44 x 40.5
Oil on canvas 30 x 20
$200 - 400
Sails
Watercolour (unframed) 22 x 26
Signed
$500 - 1,000
Sans Titre
Lithograph, edition 82/100, 76.2 x 57.1
Signed
$300 - 600
Untitled Geschiedenis vd Moderne kunst in Belgie
Screenprint, edition 196/200, 73.3 x 55.4
Signed
$200 - 400
105 VICTOR VASARELY
Feny Arny
Lithograph off set 30 x 30
Machine Sign, edition 218 of 500
$200 - 400
Lake Te Anau, 1946
Oil on canvas board 29 x 37.5
Signed, inscribed Lake Te Anau, 1946 & dated 1946 verso
$300 - 600
Untitled - Wall Hanging
Shena knotted and woven wall rug
125.5 x 135.5
$400 - 600
“Tangi”
Lithograph, edtion of 12, artist’s proof
46 x 32
Signed, inscirbed ‘Tangi” & artists proof
$500 - 1,000
Untitled
Oil on board 65.5 x 56
Signed, inscribed Painting ‘R’ & dated 1973
$800 - 1,200
Superstructures
Oil and gouache on board 12 x 32
Signed
$300 - 600
Love Scene B
Lithograph, edition of 26, 48.5 x 63.5
Signed, inscribed & dated 1968
$1,500 - 2,500
112 PAUL MASON
Crucible
Patinated cast bronze 9 x 10.5
Signed & dated 21
$400 - 800
113 PAUL MASON
Crucible
Patinated cast bronze 9 x 10.5
Signed & dated 21
$300 - 600
114 PAUL MASON
Crucible
Oil and gouache on board 12 x 32
Signed
$300 - 600
115 JANE EVANS
Life is a Bowl of Cherries II
Screenprint, edition 25/150 24.5 x 14
Signed, inscribed & dated 1996
$200 - 400
116 RICHARD KILLEEN
Seeds Across the Land, 1979
Glazed ceramic platter
(Temuka pottery) 16 x 23.5
Seeds Across the Land, 1979 inscribed verso
$300 - 600
117
GEOFF WILLIAMS
Restful
Pencil on paper 36.5 x 71.5
Signed
$1,000 - 2,000
Tavern
Watercolour 49 x 64
Signed & dated 1933
$1,000 - 2,000
Ship Deck, c.1970
Pencil on paper 43 x 29.5
Certificate of Authenticity attached verso
$400 - 800
Dreamtime I, Dreamtime III, Dreamtime IV, ( 3 works )
Acrylic on board 34 x 30
All signed, inscribed & dated 10/92
$300 - 600
122 CHARLOTTE HANDY
Sermon for Unbelievers, 2006
Oil on canvas 91 x 60.5
Signed
$500 - 1,000
123 DENNIS KNIGHT TURNER
Memories of New Zealand
Watecolour 32 x 46
Singed & dated 1973
$800 - 1,200
124 ARTHUR DAGLEY
Waterfront Theme No.3
Acrylic on board 72.5 x 123
Signed
$2,000 - 3,000
125 JAMES K BAXTER
James K Baxter Impulse 72 Speaking Tour
Poster
Poster 76 x 51
$150 - 450
126
Broken Pot, 2016
Raw clay, earthenware, ceramic pigment & oxide, glass, ceramic scraps 17.5 x 23.5
$1,000 - 2,000
127
Women’s Work
Set of seven ink and wash on paper 24 x 33
Signed verso under frame
$6,500 - 8,500
129
Winter Trophy
Acrylic on canvas 83 x 83
Signed & dated 2007
$1,000 - 1,500
Big Jack
Oil on board 56 x 47
Signed & dated 1971
$8,000 - 12,000
Women’s Work
Set of seven ink and wash on paper 24 x 33
Signed verso under frame
$6,500 - 8,500
Crayfish Ravioli with Bluff Oysters and Fresh
Sevruga Caviar, 1998
Lithograph on paper 33.8 x 51
Signed & dated
$1,500 - 2,500
Tangaroa - God of the Sea
Carrera marble sculpture 60 x 24
$6,000 - 8,000
Important & Rare auctions are the proven, preeminent sale category for major works of art offered for sale in New Zealand. These auctions take place three times annually. As we fast approach our 50th year in business, experience continues to equal results. 2014 saw Important & Rare auctions realise five of New Zealand’s top ten auction prices. The following year saw new records set with the two top prices in Auckland achieved. With the addition of the record $1.377 million paid for a C F Goldie in April’s 2016 sale, International Art Centre achieved the three highest art auction prices in New Zealand’s history. Due
to an appreciative, and greatly valued clientele of nationwide and international buyers and sellers we look forward to breaking new ground.
The buzz generated by our Collectable Art auctions reflects the popularity of these sales: an event at which seasoned connoisseurs and budding collectors alike converge to appreciate one of the most eclectic and diverse offerings available to the market. Works span the vital period from midcentury modernism through to the cutting-edge of
From time to time, the secondary market is fortunate enough to be exposed to one of those rare collections which transcends the value of its individual works of art, and stands to represent something iconic in its entirety. Our team is well-versed in the process of offering single-owner collections for sale, and take pride in the process of curating a single-owner sale when the opportunity arises. We offer a targeted marketing campaign and maximise the use of both electronic and print-based collateral to effectively showcase such collections to maximum effect. The strong networks we have established locally and internationally are reflected in some of the private collections which have been entrusted to us in recent years.
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ILLUSTRATED
Lot #118
FIONA PARDINGTON
Trompette des Mortes/Craterellus cornicopioides, 2011
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