New Collectors' Art and Decorative Arts and Design

New Collectors ArtDecorative Arts and Design

7 8 December 2011

New Collectors ArtWednesday 7 December at 6.30pm

Decorative Arts and DesignThursday 8 December at 6.00pm

Please note the two separate starting times for the above auctions

Welcome to ART+OBJECTs final catalogue of 2011. This catalogue is launched after a run of diverse and highly successful auctions which have highlighted the importance of provenance and the vital role played in our culture by dedicated collectors. The recent Pycroft rare book auction is a case in point. Arthur Pycroft (1875 1971) was a committed and lifelong collector whose acute eye acted as a beacon for 21st century rare book collectors in New Zealand and internationally. There was no question of the rarity of his book collection, many items dating to the very earliest published volumes in Australasia.

The defining element of the collection was the imprimatur of Mr Pycroft himself. The simple fact of these volumes having been a part of his collection bestowed an additional level of authenticity that experienced collectors respect and value. The result was the most spectacular rare book auction in New Zealand this century with local and institutional bidders competing with their international counterparts over two nights in early November.

For the A+O team it was a sale which reinforced the age old magic of the auction process pure theatre with gasps as the prices burst through top estimates and spontaneous applause as a new record was set the acclamation as much for the clear signal sent that our treasured history is deeply valued as for the actual price achieved.

This diverse catalogue provides an opportunity for new collections to begin. Over the last three years A+O has presented a range of excellent modern design collections including this year those of leading writer and museum director Douglas Lloyd-Jenkins and Christchurch collector and dealer Ross Morrison, both of whom are acknowledged experts in this burgeoning area of collecting. What these two collections confirmed is that New Zealand collectors in addition to their interest in international classics are now turning their attention to the small but vibrant modernist design scene that bloomed here after WWII.

This current catalogue is a great place to get acquainted with both schools the international practitioners being represented by foundation names such as Le Corbusier, Hans Wegner and Eero Saarinen and later designers and applied artists such as Ettore Sottsass and Dale Chihuly. The New Zealand side of the equation is represented by Bob Roukema, John Crichton, Theo Schoon and Humphrey Ikin. Over fifty years of the finest international and New Zealand design will be on view at ART+OBJECT from December 2 to 8.

Likewise the New Collectors sale catalogue which goes to auction on December 7 is populated with key figures of mid-century international art movements such as Victor Vasarely and David Hockney; figureheads of the Op and Pop Art scenes respectively, and important New Zealand modernist artists such as Louise Henderson, Dennis Knight-Turner and Guy Ngan.

Finally, the directors and staff of A+O would like to thank all our clients and friends who have made 2011, our fifth calendar year of trading, the best to date.

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Cover:

Len Castle

Sulphurous bowl, 2010 earthenware. signed with initials to the base. D.450mm

$3500 $5000

Lot #246A

Previous spread:

Pat Hanly The Golden Age

intaglio print, 26/30 title inscribed signed and dated 79 525 x 525mm

$2500 $4000

Lot #111

Inside back cover:

Theo Schoon

Press moulded stoneware dish in collaboration with Steve Rumsey and Len Castle 270 x 270mm

$4000 $8000

Lot #206

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Asian Art including The Leo Tattersfield Jade CollectionFebruary 2012 Entries invited

Assembled in the 1950s, The Leo Tattersfield Jade Collection comprises over 250 pieces collected in China. The collection has superb provenance and was on display in Auckland Museum for 15 years. The sale will also include The Pat Booth Oriental Art Collection, a large and important 19th century Chinese polychrome painted Buddha figure, Chinese and Japanese ceramics, furniture, lacquer and Japanese swords.

For more information contact:

James Parkinson james@artandobject.co.nz 021 222 8184 09 354 4646

Giulia Rodighiero Asian Art Specialist giulia@artandobject.co.nz 09 354 4646

Ron Arad A Pair of Early Rover Chairs enameled steel and automotive seats (designed 1981) $12 000 $16 000

The English Collection of 20th and 21st Century Design 1 March 2012

Important Paintings and Contemporary Art including The Times Collection, a buying collective disbanding after ten yearsApril 2012

For more information contact:

Ben Plumbly Director of Art 09 354 4646 or 021 222 8183 ben@artandobject.co.nz

Alison Duff The Wedding cement fondue and pigment, circa 1968 1160mm: height

$12 000 - $16 000

New Collectors ArtAuction Wednesday 7 December at 6.30pm 3 Abbey Street, Newton, Auckland

Viewing

Friday 2 December 9.00am 5.00pm Saturday 3 December 11.00am 4.00pm Sunday 4 December 11.00am 4.00pm Monday 5 December 9.00am 5.00pm Tuesday 6 December 9.00am 5.00pm Wednesday 7 December 9.00am 1.00pm

10 Matt Couper

Von Trap acrylic on board

title inscribed, signed and dated May 2000 verso 162 x 210mm $850 x $1250

13 Neil Fraser

Untitled Three Part Piece oil and acrylic on canvas, triptych

signed and dated 97 verso 600 x 500mm: each

600 x 1500mm: overall $2500 $4000

1 Dick Frizzell

Big Kiss screenprint, 78/80

title inscribed, signed and dated 2007 1200 x 800mm $2000 $3000

4 Max Gimblett

Untitled screenprint with metallic foils, 4/13

signed and dated 2007 verso 610 x 460mm $1200 $1800

5 Ralph Hotere Autumn/Winter lithograph, 9/12

title inscribed, signed and dated 93 535 x 525mm

$3500 $5000

6 Philip Clairmont

At Paranoias Poison Door (21st Century Schizoid Man)

mixed media and collage on paper title inscribed, signed and dated 72 verso

510 x 364mm $3500 $5000

2 Don Peebles

Untitled acrylic on canvas

signed and dated 1991 verso 915 x 658mm

$4000 $6000

3 John Pule

So When the Future is Dormant ink on paper

signed and dated 2009 320 x 250mm $800 $1400

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7 Richard Lewer

Blow Your Cool Man graphite on paper

title inscribed and signed 350 x 583mm $1000 $2000

11 Grahame Sydney At Hoopers Inlet

etching, 5/25 title inscribed, signed and dated November 85

180 x 355mm $1000 $1500

10 Matt Couper

Von Trap acrylic on board

title inscribed, signed and dated May 2000 verso 162 x 210mm $850 x $1250

13 Neil Fraser

Untitled Three Part Piece oil and acrylic on canvas, triptych

signed and dated 97 verso 600 x 500mm: each

600 x 1500mm: overall $2500 $4000

14 Ralph Hotere

Drum Piece for Jack Body lithograph, 3/24

title inscribed, signed and dated 88 525 x 640mm

$3500 $5000

12 Grahame Sydney

Chatto Creek etching, a/p

title inscribed, signed and dated December 1985 167 x 292mm

$1000 $1500

8 Mary McIntyre

Nude Compared to a Cloud 2 oil on board

title inscribed and signed; inscribed This model worked for us a lot at this period,

around circa 1990 verso 300 x 300mm

$1000 $2000

9 Adele Younghusband

New Zealand Trees oil on paper

signed and dated 1927; titled inscribed and inscribed By Adele Younghusband, Dargaville

262 x 382mm $1500 $2500

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15 Emily Karaka

Memories acrylic and pastel on paper

title inscribed 615 x 455mm $500 $800

18 Rodney Fumpston Extensions Folly intaglio print, 4/50

title inscribed and signed 660 x 565mm $300 $500

21 Ian Kingstone

The Flower of My Secret oil on canvas

signed; titled inscribed, signed and dated 03 verso 455 x 455mm $400 $600

22 Howard Matil

Untitled mixed media 757 x 605mm $300 $600

23 Guy Ngan

Animated Colours silkscreen print, 43/50

title inscribed, signed and dated 73 (image printed 2010)

978 x 660mm $1200 $1800

16 James Robinson

Untitled Professional Anti Hero mixed media and collage on paper

signed and variously inscribed 700 x 208mm $500 $800

19 Sheyne Tuffery

2 Tall Tales woodcut, 1/15

title inscribed, signed and dated 2001 500 x 205mm $150 $250

17 Wilhelmus Ruifrok

Spirit Flower Opening oil on board

title inscribed and signed 245 x 210mm $400 $700

20 Quentin McFarlane

Untitled View over the Estuary gouache and acrylic on paper and card

signed 605 x 500mm $600 $900

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24 Misery

Day Dreams Start Fires ink on paper

signed; title inscribed, signed and dated 2008 verso

413 x 290mm $100 $250

27 Louise Henderson

The Cat lithograph

Provenance: from the collection of Douglas Lloyd Jenkins

525 x 372mm $200 $400

30 Carole Shepheard

Kiss the Flame enamel on board, diptych (2000)

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