COLLECTABLE ART

Auction 6:30pm

Wednesday 26 February 2020

Auction catalogue

21 KARL MAUGHAN (b. 1964) Sentinel Road 1 Oil on canvas 180 x 200 Signed, inscribed Sentinel Road 1 & dated 2019 verso $25,000 - 35,000

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24 RICHARD LEWER (b. 1970) Black Dot Oil on epoxy-coated steel 100.5 x 100.5 Signed verso $6,000 - 8,000

PROVENANCE Private Collection, Auckland EXHIBITED It’s More Than A Game: Richard Lewer, Gow Langsford Gallery, 1 April - 25 April 2015

ILLUSTRATED p. 34 Richard Lewer - You Wouldn’t Make This Stuff Up, Vault Australian Art and Culture

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75 ELIZABETH MCCLURE (b. 1957) Surfacing 30 & 31, A pair Blown glass, sandbeaded & enamelled using white & black enamelled crayons set in wooden base and perspex case, each 18 x 7 x 7 Signed, inscribed & dated 2003 FHE Galleries label affixed to base $1,500 - 2,000

76 VIZ ART GLASS Blue Vase & Perfume Bottle - A pair Hand blown art glass 31 x 11 x 11 & 17 x 10 x 3 Perfume bottle signed & dated 2003 on base $200 - 500 77

77 ARTIST UNKNOWN A Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of International Women’s Day Ceramic plate, edition 25/100, 31.5 x 31.5 $150 - 250

78 LOU PENDERGRAST Small bowl Frosted glass 11 x 11 Signed & dated 2006 $80 - 120

79 PETER SHEARER Tidal Cylinder Clay vase 25 x 12.5 Monogrammed $200 - 400

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89 CHARLES MCPHEE (1910 - 2002) Elizabeth Tetuanui Oil on velvet 82 x 67 Signed, inscribed Elizabeth Tetuanui & dated 1959 $2,500 - 3,500

Charles McPhee was one of the first artists to paint on black velvet. He studied with the founder of this genre, American artist Edgar Leeteg (1904- 1954). In the early years after WWII, painting on velvet was a unique new technique which enabled the artist to render life forms in a tactile and lifelike way. In the 1960s Charles McPhee enjoyed immense success and personal popularity. He was inundated with commissions and his exhibitions were sell outs.

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Whilst studying with Leetag, Charles McPhee met Tahitian beauty and artist’s model, Elizabeth Tetuanui. Elizabeth became his wife and long-time muse. On returning to New Zealand they established their home and studio in the Waitakeres.

A 1998 television documentary, Velvet Dreams, by award-winning Samoan director, Sima Urale featured the artist and his works. Charlies died at the age of 92.

90 90 CHARLES MCPHEE (1910 - 2002) Elizabeth Tetuanui Oil on velvet 82 x 67 Signed, inscribed Elizabeth Tetuanui & dated 1959 $2,500 - 3,500