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FAIRBURN JULIET PETER ROBERT ELLIS ROY GOOD EILEEN MAYO JOHN WEEKS DON DRIVER ROY COWAN GARTH CHESTER BOB ROUKEMA JOHN CRICHTON LEN CASTLE MODERNISM IN RUSSELL CLARK MERVYN WILLIAMS COLIN McCAHON TED DUTCH NEW ZEALAND ANDRE BROOKE FRANK HOFMANN FREDA SIMMONDS GREER TWISS THEO SCHOON ROSS RITCHIE GEOFFREY FAIRBURN FRANK CARPAY RUTH CASTLE JOVA RANCICH JOHN MID- DLEDITCH ELIZABETH MATHESON MIREK SMISEK RICHARD PARKER JEFF SCHOLES ANNEKE BORREN ROBYN STEWART PETER STICHBURY MILAN MRKUSICH BARRY BRICKELL JEAN NGAN VIVIENNE MOUNTFORT GEORGIA SUITER THEO JANSEN DA- VID TRUBRIDGE CES RENWICK EDGAR MANSFIELD PETER SAUERBIER STEVE RUM- SEY DOROTHY THORPE LEVI BORGSTROM SIMON ENGELHARD TONY FOMISON PAUL MASEYK RICK RUDD DOREEN BLUMHARDT A RT+O BJ EC T LEO KING PATRI- CIA PERRIN DAVID BROKENSHIRE MANOS NATHAN 21 MAY 2014 WI TAEPA MURIEL MOODY WARREN TIPPETT ELIZABETH LISSAMAN BUCK NIN E.MERVYN TAYLOR AO722FA Cat78 cover.indd 1 5/05/14 1:34 PM AO722FA Cat78 cover.indd 2 5/05/14 1:34 PM Modernism in New Zealand Wednesday, 21 May 2014 6.30pm AO722FA Cat78 text p-1-24.indd 1 6/05/14 1:02 PM Inside front cover: Inside back cover: Frank Hofmann, A.R.D. Fairburn, Composition with Study of Maori Rock Cactus, 1952 (detail), Drawings (detail), Be uick. vintage gelatin silver vintage screenprinted print. Lot 274. fabric mounted to “Strictly speaking New Zealand doesn’t board. Lot 251. Looking for a Q? At these extraordinary prices you’ll have to hurry. exist yet, though some possible New Zealands glimmer in some poems and in some canvases. It remains to be created – should I say invented – by writers, musicians, artists, architects, publishers.” ALLEN CURNOW FIRST YEARBOOK OF THE ARTS IN NEW ZEALAND, 1945 MODERNISM in New Zealand at what was then a cultural backwater of but determined individuals resumed the outset was defi ned by confl ict, the British Empire. Most importantly, their practice and made vital links with displacement and quite literally a clash they saw New Zealand with fresh eyes. New Zealand artists eager to embrace of cultures. 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At auction it was one of six works which sold for in excess of $100 000. The overall sale resulted in one the highest clearance rates in the company’s history and the highest sale total for the 2014 New Zealand autumn auction season. Colin McCahon Colin McCahon Allen Maddox Clouds No. 7 Black White Landscape Rhythm Grid synthetic polymer paint enamel on hardboard, 1959 oil on canvas, 1976, on Steinbach, 1975 675 x 440mm 1630 x 2345mm 1095 x 730mm $146 560 $64 485 $263 810 Prices realised include buyer’s premium. AO722FA Cat78 text p-1-24.indd 7 6/05/14 1:02 PM After trading fi ne antiques at his Lake Road Donald Melville Saturday 24 May at 2pm premises for the past 40 years Donald Melville Onsite at 360 Lake Road, Takapuna. has decided it is never too late to change. Antiques Auction commences at 2.00pm. 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