THE 21 ST CENTURY AUCTION HOUSE THE JOHN LEECH GALLERY / GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY WAREHOUSE CLEARANCE AUCTION saturday 23 august 2008 at 12 noon o n s i t e 3 3 r a n d o l f s t r e e t n e w t o n two INFORMATION FOR BUYERS three LOCATION MAP VIEWING TIMES four THE CATALOGUE forty-five SUBSCRIPTIONS forty-six CONDITIONS OF SALE forty-seven ABSENTEE BIDDING FORM forty-eight INDEX OF ARTISTS THE 21ST CENTURY AUCTION HOUSE 3 Abbey Street, Parking: Newton Parking is available in surrounding streets or at ART+OBJECT 3 Abbey Street PO Box 68 345, Newton which is a five minute walk to 33 Newton Auckland 1145, Randolph Street, or at Wilson Parking (20 New Zealand spaces) at the cul-de-sac end of Randolf Street. Telephone +64 9 354 4646 Buyers premium: Freephone 0800 80 60 01 A 12.5% (+ GST on the premium) applies Facsimile +64 9 354 4645 to the hammer price. Turn to page 46 for complete conditions of sale for buyers [email protected] Payment: www.artandobject.co.nz Payment will be accepted by eftpos, cash or bank cheque. Buyers wishing to make payment by personal cheque must make arrangements with A+O by Thursday the 21 August. Cheques must clear before purchased items are released. Telephone Bids: Telephone bids will only be available for buyers on lots with a lower estimate of $1000 or more. Telephone bids must be registered with A+O before Friday 22 August at 12 noon Absentee Bids: Absentee bids may be left on any lot with any estimate range. Please complete the form on page 47. Absentee bids must be registered with A+O before Friday 22 August at 12 noon Queries:: Any queries may be made to A+O directors or staff. Please do not hesitate if we may be of assistance. AUCTION LOCATION 33 Randolph Street, Newton, Auckland P on so nb y Ro ad K Road et tre y S bbe ad A o A+O R h rt o N at re G ay w N r to e o Mw t rn o ay e n w st r e R to Ran o o P dolph t S W a M e tre e et nd v h r i e t r e r r t t s S o e D l l N i W g h r t a r o C N n o n n i K c M n a I VIEWING TIMES Saturday 16 August 11am – 4pm Sunday 17 August 11am – 4pm Monday 18 August 10am – 4pm Tuesday 19 August 10am – 4pm Wednesday 20 August 10am – 4pm Thursday 21 August 10am – 4pm Friday 22 August 10 am – 1pm (Viewing closes for sale preparation – viewing by appointment) Saturday 23 August 11am (limited viewing prior to sale) Auction Commences 12 noon 3 1 E. Mervyn-Taylor 10 Harry Linley Richardson Untitled – Landscape The Mother Kissed the Baby watercolour ink and gouache on paper signed and dated 1936 signed 163 x 240mm 350 x 240mm $300 - $500 $1000 - $2000 1 11 A. Montague 2 Gordon Minhinick Landscape with Lake Albany University watercolour ink on paper signed title inscribed, signed and inscribed NZ Herald 146 x 320mm 11/11/70 303 x 450mm $250 - $400 $100 - $300 12 Vida Steinert The Stormy Morning 3 Garth Tapper oil on canvas Untitled – Landscape title inscribed and signed verso ink on paper 422 x 540mm signed 320 x 360mm $800 - $1400 $400 - $600 13 Nugent Welch 4 Francis Irwin Hunt The Cliffs watercolour Trees signed watercolour 4 243 x 342mm signed 340 x 245mm $500 - $900 $200 - $400 14 Anna Caselberg 5 Owen Merton In the Garden oil on board Oasis signed watercolour 360 x 530mm signed and dated 1925 435 x 365mm $300 - $500 $600 - $1000 15 Christopher Aubrey (attributed) 6 Ida Carey Mitre Peak watercolour Trees signed woodblock 7 277 x 492mm signed 164 x 140mm $1000 - $2000 $100 - $200 16 Herbert Tornquist 7 Alison Pickmere Amodeo Valley, Coromandel Camp Shed oil on board, 1950 etching, 8/10 signed; title inscribed verso title inscribed, signed and dated ’69 380 x 435mm 395 x 520mm $600 - $800 $300 - $600 8 Robert Ingram Downie 8 17 Francis Irwin Hunt Waitemata from Shelley Beach, Auckland – 1910 Three Tents watercolour watercolour title inscribed, signed and dated on the mount title inscribed, signed and dated 1977 verso 6 146 x 225mm 210 x 300mm $500 - $800 $200 - $500 9 9 John Howard Nicholson Pukiteraki 18 Nigel Brown oil on canvas Mother and Child title inscribed and signed watercolour and ink on paper 275 x 385mm signed $450 - $650 410 x 340mm $1000 - $1600 11 2 10 12 5 13 14 3 15 18 16 9 17 5 19 Bill Reed 28 Harry Linley Richardson Seated Nude View of the City pastel on paper oil on canvas signed signed 720 x 510mm 392 x 500mm $2000 - $3000 $900 - $1500 20 Margaret Woolley 29 Roy Dalgarno Abstract – Ochre Indian Suite IV oil on board etching, 4/25 signed; signed and dated 1982 verso title inscribed and signed 650 x 420mm 237 x 255mm $200 - $400 $500 - $800 19 21 T. A. McCormack 30 Patrick Hayman The Portico Town Hall, Wellington Girl with a Bird drypoint etching watercolour and acrylic on paper title inscribed and signed signed; title inscribed verso 277 x 190mm 103 x 177mm $300 - $600 $800 - $1400 22 John Weeks 31 Elise Mourant Tunisian Street Scene Cornfields, Galway charcoal on paper oil on canvasboard 250 x 323mm signed; title inscribed and signed verso $800 - $1200 450 x 505mm $500 - $800 22 23 Ida Carey 32 W. A Bollard The Rotunda Mountain View linocut oil on canvas signed with artist’s initials signed 205 x 180mm 335 x 240mm $200 - $300 $400 - $600 33 Mabel Hill 24 Geoffrey Fairburn View of the Estuary Takaka watercolour watercolour signed signed 215 x 330mm 270 x 350mm $350 - $500 $400 - $700 23 34 Ida Carey 25 Robert Nettleton Field Woman with Pearl Necklace The Field oil on board acrylic on synthetic material signed signed 400 x 332mm 277 x 430mm $600 - $900 $1200 - $2000 35 Bill Buckley 26 Vida Steinert Female Nude The Lazy River at Dusk oil on board oil on board signed signed and dated 1966 570 x 395mm 24 470 x 575 mm $1500 - $2500 $700 - $1200 26 36 Ella Spicer 27 E. Warner Market Day Rangitoto watercolour engraving signed signed and dated 1918 260 x 330mm 215 x 255mm $600 - $900 $200 - $400 28 30 20 32 34 33 36 21 25 35 27 31 29 7 37 Ray Thorburn 46 Patrick Hayman Air New Zealand – Series 4 Self Portrait with Russian Sailor graphite and pastel on paper at the Revolt at Kronstadt title inscribed, signed and dated ’73 oil on canvas 210 x 205mm signed; title inscribed, signed and $300 - $600 dated 1971 verso 496 x 398mm 38 James Crowe Richmond (attributed) $2000 - $3000 Canterbury Plains watercolour 47 Alvar title inscribed on the mount Woman Playing Violin 180 x 280mm lithograph, 85/200 37 $100 - $300 signed 523 x 420mm $400 - $700 39 Artist Unknown Military Camp, Bay of Islands watercolour, circa 1860 48 Wong Sing Tai 132 x 190mm Rangitoto $800 - $1400 screenprint, 38/100 title inscribed and signed 695 x 600mm 40 Artist Unknown $400 - $600 40 An Early View of Auckland from the North Shore watercolour 165 x 242mm 49 Louise Henderson $700 - $1200 The Ship’s Engine Room lithograph dated ’56 367 x 510mm 41 Phillip Trusttum Portrait of a Seated Lady $650 - $850 ink on paper signed and dated 1964 226 x 170mm 50 Ivy Copeland $450 - $600 The Cottage watercolour signed 235 x 330mm 42 Michael Hight Study for Eurasia No. 2 $200 - $300 mixed media on paper dated 28 – 1 – 96; title inscribed, signed 41 and dated verso 51 Ida Eise 640 x 315mm The Street in Madrid 43 $1200 - $2000 oil on board, 1963 signed; Ida Eise Bequest label affixed verso 410 x 335mm 43 Michael Smither $800 - $1400 Back Beach 2 screenprint, 4/38 title inscribed, signed and inscribed 2/40/74 52 Artist Unknown 595 x 530mm The Civilians $1200 - $2200 oil on board signed (illegible) 487 x 690mm $600 - $1000 44 Nigel Brown Christmas Child handcoloued woodcut, 7/10 53 Joanna Paul title inscribed, signed and dated ’84 Untitled – Torso Study 495 x 252mm graphite and pastel on paper $700 - $1200 signed with artist’s initials and dated 1988 380 x 550mm $400 - $800 45 Louise Henderson Composition No. 1 45 screenprint, 1/20 54 Dick Frizzell title inscribed and signed The Meaning of Life 530 x 730mm ink and gouache on paper $1000 - $2000 signed and dated 23/3/2003 147 x 140mm $600 - $900 38 46 47 39 49 50 52 42 51 44 54 48 53 9 55 Francis Irwin Hunt 64 John Lucas Seymour Landscape with Tree Stump Old London oil on board watercolour, circa 1890 signed signed with artist’s monogram; title inscribed verso 400 x 490mm 345 x 250mm $1500 - $3000 $500 - $800 56 Rob Gardiner 65 Rudi Gopas Untitled – Social Scene Untitled ink and pastel on paper mixed media on paper signed and dated ’91 verso 355 x 245mm 115 x 160mm $200 - $300 $200 - $400 66 Reg Waghorn Coast, Wellington Heads 55 57 Denys Watkins watercolour Untitled – Abstract in Green signed screenprint, 59/116 255 x 375mm signed 380 x 540mm $300 - $600 $200 - $400 67 Ted Dutch Warrior 58 Garth Tapper screenprint, 5/10 The Rooster title inscribed and signed ink on paper 670 x 390mm signed and dated ’79 585 x 455mm $300 - $600 $200 - $500 68 Helen Brown Barren Landscape 59 Christopher Perkins oil on board Portrait of Rachel Wren – nee Perkins John Leech Gallery label affixed verso graphite on paper 395 x 495mm signed with artist’s initials and dated 1934 290 x 230mm $1000 - $2000 $800 - $1400 58 69 Russell Clark Drawing for a Sculpture 60 P.