Notes on Art Accessions
A SELECTIVE LIST OF ACQUISITIONS, fANUARY 1982 TO MAY 1983 Acquisitions of art pieces are listed selectively in the Turnbull Library Record to alert scholars to newly acquired material judged to be of research value. The following list updates the ‘Notes on Art Accessions’ in the Record for October 1982. Only original works and significant engravings and prints arc included: photomechanical prints recently published are excluded.
ARTIST UNKNOWN. George French Angas, aged 21, 1844. Oil 79 x 63.5 cm. PURCHASE. Hokitika N.Z. 1866. Pencil 17.2 x 22.9 cm. PURCHASE. [New Zealand trees and plants. 184-] 5 watercolours, each 52.3 X 34.5 cm. PURCHASE. Pistol: ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ [1945] Pencil 24.2 X 15.2 cm. Shows Percy Cousins as Pistol. DONATION: Mrs P. W. Cousins, Wellington. [Stockaded hills and pa. 1835?] Pencil & watercolour I 1.5 X 19.7 cm. PURCHASE. [Te Awaiti station. 186-?] 3 pencil, each 11 X 18cm. DONATION: Mrs Ann Newman, Hastings. [View of an early homestead. 185-?] Pencil & watercolour 16 X 19.5 cm. PURCHASE. AUBREY, CHRISTOPHER. [Akatarawa Valley] 1890. Watercolour 34.5 X 55cm. [Panorama of Featherston] 1890. Watercolour 43 X 78cm. [Upper Hutt, with railway station] 1890. Watercolour 34.5 x 55 cm. PURCHASE.
BALOGHY, GEORGE, b. 1950. [Taranaki recycled. 1982 ] Col. lith, 31.7 X 45.6 cm. PURCHASE. [BARTLETT, MARGARET] [Keith Sinclair] 1976. Ink 22.9 x 15.4 cm. Mike chairs another meeting, ’Bl. Architects congress. Ink 22.9 X 15.4 cm. Shows Sir Michael Fowler. [Sam Hunt] 1978. Pencil & ink 22.9 X 15.4 cm. Vincent & Dad. 1978. Felt pen 43.1 X 35.5 cm. Shows Vincent O’Sullivan and Pat Lawlor. PURCHASE.
BARTON, CRANLEIGH HARPER, 1890 P-1975. [New Zealand ambassadorial residence in London. 19—] Watercolour 28.5 X 19.5 cm. DONATION: Mr W. J. H. Baillie, Wellington. BEATTIE, veira. Bare [1956] Oil 60 X 45 cm. Portrait of Helen Crabb. PURCHASE. BERRIE, JOHN ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER, b. 1877. [Michael Joseph Savage. 19-] Oil 123.5 X 99cm. DONATION: New Zealand Labour Party. CARPENTER, J. [Sir William Martin] 1842. Watercolour 30.8 X 24.5 cm. PURCHASE. CLARK, JOHNSON. Perspective showing the works of the Colonial Ammunition Coy N.Z. Ltd Auckland New Zealand . . . 1921. Watercolour 48.2 x 123.3 cm. DONATION: 1.C.1. (N.Z.) Ltd. CLERE, FREDERICK DE jersey, 1856-1952. Design for an Anglican Cathedral to be erected in reinforced concrete. 1917. Ink & wash 64.8 X 43.2 cm. LONG-TERM LOAN: Wellington Public Library.
COLLIER, [HORACE? ]s. [The City of New York berthed in Wellington, November 1928] Ink 27.5 x 19.7 cm. PURCHASE. [delAtre, AUGUSTE] 1822-1907. [Greniers des naturels de la Nelle Zelande. Between 1877 & 1888] Etching (2nd state) 10.7 X 13.2 cm. [Greniers des naturels de la Nile Zelande. Between 1877 & 1888] 2 etchings (Ist & 2nd states), each 22.5 X 15cm. Pah d’Akaroa [Between 1877 & 1888] 2 etchings (Ist & 2nd states), each 18.5 X 10.5 cm. Tikao [and] Pote [Between 1877 & 1888] 2 etchings (Ist & 2nd states), each 22 x 15cm. [Unidentified Maori and] Iwi-kao [Between 1877 & 1888] Etching 15 x 21.7 cm. After originals by Charles Meryon. PURCHASE. DOWNSTAGE THEATRE COMPANY. Costume and set designs, working drawings, design notes, seating plans, etc. for Downstage Theatre productions, 1967-1977. 147 items, various media and sizes. Artists include Raymond Boyce, Barry R. Gibbs and Grant Tilly. DONATION.
GILFILLAN, JOHN ALEXANDER, 1793-1863. [ Self-portrait. 183-?] Oil 65.2 x 63.5 cm. PURCHASE. green, WILLIAM SPOTSWOOD, 1847-1919. Birch Hill Sheep Station [lßß2] Watercolour 17 X 24.9 cm. Mount Cook from the Linda Glacier [lßß2] Watercolour 26.9 x 18.3 cm. Our camp near the Tasman Glacier . . . [lßß2] Watercolour 17.6 x 24.5 cm. The road to Mount Cook [lßß2] Watercolour 17 x 24.5 cm. The worst bit on Mount Cook [lßß2] Watercolour 24.9 X 17.1 cm. The Rev. W. S. Green was the first mountaineer, as distinct from explorer, in New Zealand, and these paintings date from his ascent of Mount Cook, when, approaching from the Tasman Glacier, he came within 200 feet of the summit. DONATION: Mrs B. Baldock, Eire.
HARRIS, EMILY CUMMING, 1837?-1925. Earina autumnalis. N.Z. orchid [lB9-?] Watercolour 54 x 38.9 cm. DONATION: Mr R. Scott, Auckland. HEATH, ERIC WALMSLEY, b. 1923. The Dominion. 1973. Col. ink & watercolour 121 X 150.6 cm. Shows staff of Dominion newspaper standing beside old Dominion building, Plimmer Steps, demolished ca. 1930. DONATION: Wellington Newspapers Ltd, Wellington. [HILL, MABEL] 1872-1956. [James Nairn smoking a cigarette. 189-?] Pencil & chalk 45.6 x 30.4 cm.
[HODGKINS, FRANCES MARY] 1869-1947. [Cat. Between 1920 & 1940] Ink 4.5 x B.3cm. Demonstration by Miss Hodgkins. May 29th 1922. Pencil & watercolour 19.2 X 22.7 cm. DONATION: Miss C. Ritchie, England. [HONEGGER, j.] Neuseelander-Habitans de la Nile Zeland [Zurich, Honegger, 1840] Lith. (hand-col.) 25.4 X 35.4 cm. PURCHASE. HOSTEIN, EDOUARD jean MARIE, 1804-1889. Ancienne maison de campagne de Koro-koro pres Kahou-wera (Nouvelle Zelande) [Paris,lß33] Lith. (hand-col.) 23.3 x 37.3 cm. PURCHASE.
[KING, MARTHA] 1803?-l 897. [New Zealand botanical paintings. 1842] 40 watercolours & 1 leaf print with added pencil, each37.s X 27.6 cm. PURCHASE. [king, MARY (McDonnell)] b. 1829. House of Captain King, R. A. Jermyn Street, Auckland, demolished in 1907 [lßsß] Watercolour 14.7 x 24.2 cm. PURCHASE. LAFAYETTE, C. Leslie Heron Beauchamp [1914?] Watercolour 28 X 20.4 cm. DONATION: Mr G. McNamara, Canada. LAGO. Oceania-Polinesia [ca.lß2o] Engraving (hand-col.) 29.5 X 43.5 cm. Shows mourners around the death-bed ofa chief. PURCHASE. M.S.-C. [John Evans Brown. 188-?] Oil 76.2 x 63.5 cm. Signed: M.S.-C. DONATION: Mr D. Caygill, Christchurch.
PERMEY, JEAN-LOUIS, b. 1945. Concours international de musique electroacoustique, Bourges, 1976. l er prix . . . [1976] Col. etching 39.7 X 49.2 cm. Certificate awarded tojack Body. LONG-TERM LOAN: MrJ. Body, Wellington. PETERSON, A. STUART. Tattooed chief [193-?] Etching 26.8 X 20.1 cm. DONATION: Mr S. Peterson, Australia. RADFORD, ALEXANDER REGINALD GEORGE. Parasol monoplane [plans. 1934] 16 dye-line prints, each 29.5 X 42cm. DONATION: Mr L. J. Radford, Foxton.
READ, CHARLES RUDSTON, 1818-1854. Wangamona N.Z. head station of Messrs Russell . . . [1850?] Watercolour 14 X 23 cm. Shows Whangaimoana Station. PURCHASE. RITCHIE, HANNAH. [Frances Hodgkins] 1925. Pencil 25.3 x 19.2 cm. DONATION: Miss C. Ritchie, England. SCHWIMMER, ZISKA. [Dorothy Davies] 1957. Painted plaster head 35.5 cm. DONATION: Mrs R. Lochore, Whangaparaoa.
SHORE BENNETT, BEVERLEY DORIS. The Kennedy memorial window, St James Anglican Church, Kerikeri [1974?] Ink & watercolour 22.3 x 16.4 cm. DONATION: MrJ. A. Kennedy, Wellington. SPIRO, EUGEN. Therese Schnabel. 1939. Pencil 30.2 x 25.2 cm. DONATION: Mrs R. Lochore, Whangaparaoa. [stones, ANTHONY] b. 1934. [Allen Curnow. 1982 ] Patinated bronze head 31.5 cm. [Denis Glover. 1978] Patinated bronze head 27.5 cm. [Eric McCormick] 1982. Patinated bronze head 32.5 cm. [Frank Sargeson. 1980] Patinated bronze head. 26cm. PURCHASE. WEBB, MARILYNN, b. 1937. Taste before eating. 1982. Portfolio of 20 linocuts, hand-col., 40cm. Recipes printed by Alan Loney at the Hawk Press. Produced to accompany an exhibition at the Dowse Art Museum. PURCHASE.
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Turnbull Library Record, Volume 18, Issue 1, 1 May 1984, Page 45
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