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Modernism in New Zealand — Art+Object

Auction House:Art+ObjectNumber of lots recorded:214
Sale Title:Modernism in New ZealandLots with images:213
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:162
Date:21-May-2014
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New Zealand 1950's coffee table, of rectangular shape with white tiled mosaic shelf and glass top, raised on four blackened metal legs, l. 115 cm
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John Crichton, rare 1950s uplighter lamp, with spun red anodised aluminium shade held on three aluminium rods. Provenance: Previously in the Mike Zero collection. Height 171 cm
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Rare 1950s uplighter lamp, with spun gold anodised aluminium shade held on three aluminium rods. Provenance: Previously in the Mike Zero collection. Height 179 cm
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John Crichton, rare Java couch in woven cane. Provenance: Previously in the Mike Zero collection
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Unusual 1950s glass top table, raised on an aluminium bowl form support held on blackened tubular steel legs. Possibly by John Crichton . Provenance: Mike Zero collection
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New Zealand 1950s minimalist design rectangular pine desk, raised on bent wrought iron blackened tubular legs together with a matching 1950s side chair. Provenance: Robertson House Glendowie. Group architect design. Illustrated in Home magazine
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Bob Roukema for Jon Jansen, a rare dining table suite, with solid mahogany quatrefoil top raised on splayed tapering cylindrical legs complete with six ergonomically designed chairs, the legs conforming with those of the table. This is the only known surviving example of this style of table and chairs
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1950s standard lamp, with tapa shade
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1970s four panel room divider screen
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John Crichton, turned Kauri salad bowl. Diameter 28 cm
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Ruth Castle, woven bowl, Phoenix palm tendrils and Palembang. Diameter 20 cm
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Ruth Castle, hanging basket,. Height 18 cm
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Theo Jansen, Te Wairua Po (The spirit of the night), carved andesite stone. Height 31 cm
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Theo Jansen, bronze horseman sculpture. Height 60 cm
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Theo Jansen, untitled abstract stone and marble sculpture, artist label affixed to the base. Height 23 cm
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Georgia Suiter, Sea and Sky 1976, wall hanging in wool wrapped rods in in blue, green and brown, 126 cm x 133 cm. An almost identical example illustrated on the cover of Craft New Zealand. The Art of the Craftsman Doreen Blumhardt and Brian Brake, 1981
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Georgia Suiter, hand woven floor rug, in blue, brown and green wool, signed on an original label attached to the underside, 196 cm x 106 cm. Provenance: Previously in the collection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wellington, orginal collection label attached to the underside.
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Vivienne Mountfort, tree roots, wool in various colours woven in relief on a ply disc. Diameter 120 cm
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Jean Ngan, flat weave woollen rug No 1, hand woven in blue and brown wool, original label attached. 161 cm x 91 cm
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Don Ramage, Maori cave art design wool rug, made in 1972 for the New Zealand wool commission, woven by Feltex carpets
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Onehunga Mills, te Ariki woollen travel rug, with a tukutuku panel design in green brown orange and white. Original Onehunga Woollen Mills label attached. 168 cm x 145 cm
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Onehunga Mills, te Ariki woollen travel rug, with a tukutuku panel design in red black brown and white. Original Onehunga Woollen Mills label attached. 172 cm x 142 cm
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Roslyn Dunedin Textiles, woollen manatunga (Maori for keepsake) woollen travel rug, with a tukutuku panel design in red white yellow and black, original label attached, 166 cm x 148 cm
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Onehunga Mills, te Ariki woollen travel rug, with a Poutama (Stairway to Heaven) tukutuku panel design in green white brown and orange, small tear to fringe, original Onehunga Woollen Mills label attached, 150 cm x 175 cm
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Onehunga Mills, te Ariki woollen travel rug, with a tukutuku panel design in black red white orange and yellow, original Onehunga Woollen Mills label attached, 160 cm x 149 cm
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Roslyn Dunedin Textiles, woollen manatunga (Maori for keepsake) woollen travel rug, with a tukutuku panel design in red white brown and black, original label attached, 146 cm x 156 cm
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Onehunga Mills, te Ariki woollen travel rug, with a Poutama (Stairway to Heaven) Tukutuku panel design in green brown orange and white, original Onehunga Woollen Mills label attached, 170 cm x 148 cm
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Onehunga Mills, te Ariki woollen travel rug, with a Tukutuku panel design in red black brown and white, original Onehunga Woollen Mills label attached, 177 cm x 147 cm
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Urshala Fenton Wilkes, woven tukutuku style panel, in the Poutama (stairway to Heaven pattern)
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Juliet Peter, three-piece stoneware teaset, comprising teapot, milk jug and sugar basin, incised initials and original label to the bases. Width 20 cm
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Roy Cowan, stoneware platter, painted with a sea creature, 1960s, incised initials to the base. Length 45 cm
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Juliet Peter, set of five dishes, with leaf design. Diameter 14 cm
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Paul Fisher, stoneware slab vase, with tenmoku glaze, signed. Height 22 cm
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Roy Cowan, blue glazed stoneware dish. Diameter 22 cm
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Roy Cowan, a large stoneware slab form garden pot, the body pierced and incised. Height 92 cm x 62 cm. Provenance: Lorraine and Patrick Williams collection, Wellington
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Roy Cowan and Juliet Peter, a large stoneware floor vase, painted in blue and green with abstract gestural decoration. Height 66 cm. Provenance: Lorraine and Patrick Williams collection, Wellington
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Roy Cowan, a large and impressive stoneware blue salt glazed floor vase, incised with concentric bands and interweaving stylised koru forms. Height 82 cm. This impressive floor vase was held for many years in Roy Cowan and Juliet Peter's personal collection. It was then passed onto Lorraine and Patrick Williams the proprietors of Williams Gallery in Wellington. Lorraine and Patrick represented Roy and Juliet in Wellington and had a long standing association and friendship with the potters.
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Len Castle, large stoneware bowl, with iron glaze over tenmoku, impressed initials. Diameter 32.5 cm
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Len Castle, large rectangular dish, with impressed decoration, impressed initials (hairline cracks repaired). Diameter 41 cm
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Len Castle, branch vase, with jun glaze over tenmoku, impressed initials to the base. Height 34.5 cm
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Len Castle, a large and impressive discoid vase, potter's initials impressed to the base. Diameter 54 cm
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Len Castle and Theo Schoon, nineteen high-fired earthenware umber tablets, made by Castle, impressed with patterns representing an almost complete dictionary of examples of Schoon's stamps. The stamps were subsequently deposited at Te Papa, circa 1984. The tablets bear approximately 153 impressions, while 144 stamps appear individual. Various sizes [largest 4 cm x 11 cm x .8 cm]. Provenance: Len Castle collection, sold in the inaugural contemporary Art+Object auction May 3rd 2007
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Ruth Castle, rare hanging form, fine rattan core dyed with Condys crystals made using a fish basket technique. Height 45 cm. This is one of three unique hanging forms that Ruth Castle made in 1960s.
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Barry Brickell, stoneware vase, with tenmoku glaze, impressed potter's mark to foot rim. Height 21 cm
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Peter Stichbury, stoneware charger, (repaired). Diameter 40 cm
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Mirek Smisek, large stoneware charger, with tenmoku glaze and wax resist sunflower decoration, impressed initials to the base. Diameter 39 cm. Provenance: Martin Hill Collection auction, lot 138
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Mirek Smisek, salt glazed stoneware jug, potters cypher mark to the base. Height 26 cm
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Potter unknown, stoneware floor vase, of organic form with multiple apertures and umber pigmented surface. Height 67 cm
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Anneke Borren, earthenware orb form, painted with geometric designs, potters cypher mark to base. Height 16 cm
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Robyn Stewart, totem form, dung fired burnished and textured surface with incised koru. Height 52 cm
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Jeff Scholes, stoneware jug, with tenmoku glaze. Height 28 cm
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Brian Gartside, large stoneware dish, with painted abstract decoration. Diameter 48 cm
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Richard Parker, glazed terracotta dish, black and white pod pattern design, potters label affixed to the base. Diameter 29 cm
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Richard Parker, terracotta pedestal dish, with yellow and green glaze
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Richard Parker, cylindrical vase, with ovoid vase yellow glazed, potters label affixed to the base. Height 20 cm
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Richard Parker, cylindrical vase, with ovoid vase yellow glazed, potters label affixed to the base. Height 18.5 cm
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Richard Parker, winged vase, with drizzled yellow and green glaze, potters label affixed to the base. Height 18 cm
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John Dawson, shino glazed cups and saucers
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Duncan Shearer, salt glazed vase,. Height 27 cm
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Duncan Shearer, three salt glazed vases, of graduated size
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Duncan Shearer, large ovoid floor vase, with lug handles. Height 45 cm
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Rare Royal Doulton Maori Art, oversize cup and saucer, hand painted with a kowhaiwhai design in red and black on a yellow ground
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Royal Doulton Maori art, side plate, hand painted with a Kowhaiwhai design in red and black on a yellow ground. Diameter 17.5 cm
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Elisabeth Matheson, paka pottery monochrome blue vase,. Height 10 cm
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Jova Rancich, small pottery squat vase, with green, blue and red majolica-type glaze, impressed marks. Height 7.5 cm
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Jova Rancich, pottery posy vase, with red, green and blue majolica-type glaze, impressed marks. Height 14 cm
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Jova Rancich, pottery fat body jug, with multi-coloured majolica-type glaze, unmarked. Height 13 cm
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Jova Rancich, pottery posy vase, covered in a rich green, blue and brown majolica-type glaze, impressed marks. Height 20 cm
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Jova Rancich, large pottery handled vase, covered with a cream crackled glaze, unmarked. Height 17 cm
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A rare pair of large Crown Lynn white swans, each with factory painted beaks, crown mark to the base of each. Width 31 cm
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A rare small white slip cast Crown Lynn swan, with factory painted beak, tiki mark to the base
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A rare pair of large white slip cast Crown Lynn male and female swans, each with impressed mark 170, the female with crown factory mark and the male with Tiki mark to the base, l.31 cm
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Three Crown Lynn slip cast shell vases, shape 553, in mint green, white and pale blue
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Crown Lynn slip cast pearl lustre shell vase, shape 2067
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A pair of Crown Lynn mint green slip cast trough vases, shape 510, l.27.5 cm
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Crown Lynn slip cast pink basket form vase, shape 507, l.31 cm
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McAlpine yellow glazed fridge jug,. Height 22.5 cm
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Pair of Crown Lynn 1970 stamp design dishes, tasman Glacier and Maori rock drawing
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Bob Roukema for Jon Jansen, rare 1950s armchair, raised on tapering legs with original wheat coloured velour upholstery. A similar chair held in the Auckland Museum collection. This style of chair can also be seen in archival photos of the Jon Jansen store as part of the Easter show display
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Set of four New Zealand made 1950s armchairs, modern design, with red vinyl seats and backs the shaped arms with exposed finger joints, made for a Group Architect designed house in Island Bay View Terrace, Howick
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A set of six 1950's side chairs, blackened tubular metal framing in blue red and white vinyl
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A set of four Danske Mobler compass chairs, with white vinyl upholstery
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Don Furniture, 1960's teak framed armchair, reupholstered with contemporary fabric in an orange abstract design on a pale brown ground
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Garth Chester, a rare Winter's salon chair, with paddle shaped arms raised on tapering cylindrical legs with brass feet, green leatherette upholstery
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A pair of 1950s lounge chairs, with webbed seats and backs in the manner of Jens Risom
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Garth Chester, bent plywood Curvesse chair
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New Zealand made 1950s Hans Wegner style plank chair
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New Zealand made 1950s Hans Wegner style plank chair
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Oak 1950s coffee table, with glass top raised on tree triangular legs
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Backhouse day bed, with black leatherette upholstery and mahogany frame
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John Middleditch, crucifixion, patinated wrought copper figure suspended on a wooden cross, 72 cm x 52 cm
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John Middleditch, totem form, patinated copper, signed with initials and dated 77. Height 49 cm
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John Middleditch, untitled, abstract sculpture in copper with variegated surface together with a watercolour depicting a similar form, signed and dated 1970. Sculpture width 60 cm, watercolour 38 cm x 57 cm
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John Middleditch, abstract copper wall sculpture number 190, 27 cm x 22 cm, offered together with an archival photograph of the work.
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Betty Beadle, ten assorted embossed metal discs, various sizes
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John Middleditch, Indian mandala, mosaic tiles on board, title inscribed signed and dated 1982 verso. 31 cm x 31 cm
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John Middleditch, two unfinished watercolour paintings, three sketches and a collection of archival photographs
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NZ composite moulded tray, decorative, decorated with Maori Kowhaiwhai patterns, l.37 cm
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Set of six New Zealand glasses, decorative, decorated with Maori cave art and weaponry
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NZ folk art fire bellows, decorative, carved with a tekoteko figure,. Height 37 cm
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