JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 29 April 2025 / 10:00 am start
Rex Homan (1940-) carved wooden modernist sculpture. L.380mm, two circular (owls eyes) piercings, raised on two stainless rods (legs) on carved base. Note: Homan was the recipient of the Supreme Award from TE WAKA TOI in 2019 for leadership, excellence of work and outstanding contribution to NGA TOI MAORI globally. Affiliated to three IWI Rex describes his style as Pacific with a contemporary edge. Committed to the power of minimalism he strives for a hint of realism.
Estimate: $500 - $1,000
Pauline Yearbury (Ngāpuhi 1926–1977) and James Yearbury (1921-2008) 'MARAKI-HAU' - incised and coloured wood panel, signed with incised cipher lower left. Labelled and entitled verso 'A Sea Monster of Māori mythology, with a long tubular tongue used for sucking up men and canoes'. Another label detailed 'Designed and Executed by Pauline and James Yearbury, Colonial Gallery, Russell, Bay of Islands, N.Z'. 405 x 165mm,
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Guy Ngan (1926-2017) '95' (Habitation) - unique bronze sculpture, signed, numbered 95 and dated 1978. Raised on white alabaster base. 143 x 143 x 111mm. Provenance: Private estate Auckland, purchased Wellington c.1980.
Estimate: $12,000 - $18,000
Sally Tagg 'Wreath with Star' - photograph with archival inks on rag paper, signed and entitled 1/3. 980 x 980mm.
Estimate: $800 - $1,500
C. Gould 'Sweetpeas' - photographic print - signed and dated 2013 verso. 795 x 535mm.
Estimate: $400 - $800
Emma Bass (NZ 1967-) 'Berries and Swan' - photograph, signed and entitled, 5.10pm 2012, 3/13. 820 x 1245mm.
Estimate: $800 - $1,500
Emma Bass (NZ 1967-) 'Wisteria - Cherry Blossom - Iris & Peonies 8.11am' - limited edition Giclee print, signed, entitled and numbered 1/20. 470 x 470mm. Frame with minor chips.
Estimate: $400 - $800
Emma Bass (NZ 1967-) 'Peonies 6.38pm' - limited edition Giclee print. Signed, entitled and numbered 8/8. 820 x 780mm. Frame with minor chips.
Estimate: $800 - $1,500
Emma Bass (NZ 1967-) 'Wisteria – Blossom - Magnolia and Dandielion 3.29pm' - limited edition Giclee print. Signed, entitled and numbered 1/1. 820 x 820mm. Frame with minor chips.
Estimate: $800 - $1,500
John Hall Thorpe (AUS/UK 1874-1947) 'A Wildflower Bunch' - c.1920s, woodblock on paper, signed and titled lower margin and marked Copyright USA 1922 . 515 x 380mm.
Estimate: $500 - $1,000
William Jones (UK/NZ 1923-83) 'Still Life' - oil on canvas on board c.1960s, signed. 580 x 760mm. Exhib. Webb's, 1992. John Leech Gallery exhibition label verso; typescript: Purchased from one man exhibition 1963. Note: Jones lived and painted for a time in Auckland in the 1950s. He was included in exhibitions at the Auckland City Art Gallery along with McCahon, Henderson, Mrkusich and others and at the Auckland Society of Arts in 1954, at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts between 1952 and 1964 and with The Group in 1958 and 1964.
Estimate: $300 - $500
Russell Hollings (NZ 1948-) 'Studio Begonia IV' - oil on board, signed. Entitled and dated 2008 on reverse. 480 x 540mm.
Estimate: $400 - $800
Russel Hollings 'Medieval Landscape' - mixed media, signed lower left; additional signed, titled and dated 2003 verso. 580 x 770mm. Antiqued gold acanthus ogee moulded frame, (small chip top right edge) overall 800 x 980mm,
Estimate: $600 - $1,000
Russell Hollings (NZ 1948-) 'Cave of Dreams' - oil on board, signed, entitled and dated 1979 verso. 490 x 695mm. Provenance: From the artist's archive.
Estimate: $360 - $600
John Weeks (1888-1965) Boats in Moonlight - pastel on paper. 505 x 550mm. Provenance: with Webb's, The Peter O'Connor Collection of Works by John Weeks, 2005.
Estimate: $800 - $1,600
Margaret Olrog Stoddart (1865-1934) 'Two Figures in Hilly Landscape' - watercolour on paper, signed. 240 x 350mm.
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
A.H.T. (Tim) Wilson (1954-2020) Untitled (bush landscape with snowy peak through mists) - oil on Berge linen, signed and dated '87. 635 x 520mm,
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000
A.H.T. (Tim) Wilson (1954-2020) 'Bushscape' - oil on Berge linen, titled lower left, signed and dated '87. 480 x 635mm.
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000
A.H.T. (Tim) Wilson (1954-2020) 'Impressions of Fiordland' - oil on Berge linen, titled lower left, signed and dated '83. 600 x 890mm,
Estimate: $5,000 - $6,000
John Kinder (UK/NZ 1819-1903) St. John's College Chapel Meadowbank Auckland c.1857 - watercolour and pencil, unsigned. Another work verso, entitled 'Paihia Bay of Island's', (Maybe over drawn) signed. 195 x 350mm. Note: Rangitoto Island is visible in the distance.
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Catherine Manchester (1957-) 'I go go Jason' 1998 - oil on canvas, signed and dated '98 lower left and inscribed: ‘I go go Jason waterfalls listening to the rivers and the way they used 2 flow. I know you're gonna have it your way or’. 1015 x 1015mm.
Estimate: $900 - $1,500
Ruth Browne (1905-2002) 'Togetherness' - acrylic and mixed media on board, signed and dated '68. Entitled and detailed verso. 620 x 1240mm. Note: In the 1920's Browne graduated as a top student at the Canterbury College School of Art, she later attended the Slade School in London. She was a contemporary of Rita Angus and Olivia Spencer Bower. She moved to a more abstract style in the 1960's.
Estimate: $400 - $800
Alan Taylor (NZ 1933-2016) 'Early Morning Call' - acrylic on board, signed. 390 x 495mm.
Estimate: $440 - $800
Florence M Luxford (member NZAFA 1947-79), two works: ‘Colour Sequence' acrylic and oil on board, signed. 570 x 720mm unframed. Along with another unframed and untitled work 610 x 510mm,
Estimate: $140 - $280
Patterson Parkin (1948) Untitled (Abstract violinist) - acrylic on board, signed and dated 2009. 290 x 240mm,
Estimate: $400 - $600
Patterson Parkin (1948) Untitled (Abstract saxophonist) - acrylic on board, signed and dated 2009. 270 x 230mm,
Estimate: $400 - $600
Patterson Parkin (1948) Untitled (Abstract violinist) - acrylic on board, signed and dated 2009. 290 x 240mm,
Estimate: $400 - $600
Cynthia Taylor (NZ 1947-) 'Snake River II' - acrylic on paper, signed and dated '89, details verso. 760 x 580mm.
Estimate: $500 - $1,000
Des Robertshaw (1955-), 'From the Blue Land' - acrylic on card, 730 x 960mm. Provenance: Ex: International Art Centre Gallery exhibition.
Estimate: $400 - $800
Frances Irwin Hunt (1890-1981) 'Leaves and Driftwood' - oil on board - signed and dated '52. John Leech exhibition label verso. 550 x 440mm,
Estimate: $200 - $300
John Mandel (US 1941-) 'Squat Icon 5 - Portrait of Robert Alexander - Religious Painting II 1969' - acrylic on canvas.1830 x 1830mm - Whitney Museum label to reverse shows this artwork was exhibited as part of the 1969 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting. Also exhibited at the Max Hutchinson Galley, New York.
Estimate: $500 - $1,000
