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The Doreen Blumhardt Collection — Dunbar Sloane Ltd.

Auction House:Dunbar Sloane Ltd.Number of lots recorded:462
Sale Title:The Doreen Blumhardt CollectionLots with images:83
Auction Location:WellingtonPrices available:447
Date:23-Jul-2010
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Doreen Blumhardt, flared bowl with painted wax resist square decoration in deep green glaze and red exterior, paper label. Diameter 30 cm
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Doreen Blumhardt, flared bowl with abstract chun style blue glaze on oatmeal ground, impressed mark. Diameter 28 cm
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Doreen Blumhardt, Early (1950s) flared bowl with pale green crawl glaze to the well, incised mark, 35 cm diameter
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Doreen Blumhardt, Early (1950s) shallow bowl with wax resist tree pattern to the well in tenmoku glaze (repaired chip to rim), impressed mark, 35 cm diameter
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Doreen Blumhardt, shallow bowl with abstract blue pattern on oatmeal ground, paper label, 31 cm diameter
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Doreen Blumhardt, Deep bowl in shino glaze, impressed mark, 26 cm diameter
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Doreen Blumhardt, vase of flattened spherical form in chun style glaze, impressed mark, 16 cm high.
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Doreen Blumhardt, slab built bottle vase in Japanese style c1962, abstract glaze decorated in white & brown over blue, impressed mark, 23 cm high.
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Doreen Blumhardt, square form bottle vase with faceted corners in various red glazes, early 1960s (kiln chipping to base), impressed mark, 23 cm high.
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Doreen Blumhardt, 36 piece tile panel, wooden framed on concrete background, various pink, green, blue & black glazes, paper label, frame 64 x 33 cm
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Doreen Blumhardt, 36 piece tile panel as above, in tenmoku and various coloured glazes, paper label, frame 64 x 33 cm
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Doreen Blumhardt, stool hand built in tenmoku glaze & iron oxide finish, paper label, 44 cm high.
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Doreen Blumhardt, outdoor table with Fiji coral series top and pierced sides (firing crack), paper label, 50 cm high, 50 cm dia (top)
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Doreen Blumhardt, smaller as above (firing crack), paper label, 29 cm high.
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Doreen Blumhardt, deep flared bowl of earthenware in green speckled glaze.1940s (earliest known piece of her work), incised mark. Diameter 20 cm
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Doreen Blumhardt, 1970s salt glaze plate in green & blue, impressed mark, 26 cm diameter
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Doreen Blumhardt, Bowl in dark oatmeal with brown rim and well, impressed mark, 18 cm diameter
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Doreen Blumhardt, 1962 jug in mustard glaze with brown rim & decoration in the style of Winchcombe Pottery (rim frit), incised mark, 16 cm high.
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Doreen Blumhardt, six early bowls (one lidded) decorated as above, c1960, all incised early mark.
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Doreen Blumhardt, Two lidded pots, one in black tenmoku glaze with scored sides and the other in brown tenmoku with sgraffitoed sides, impressed marks, 9 cm and 13 cm high.
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Doreen Blumhardt, Green speckled lidded jug together with pierced cylindrical vase in green ash glaze, impressed marks, 18 cm and 15 cm high.
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Doreen Blumhardt, Early bottle vase in matt brown glaze with wax resist motif in classic Japanese manner, impressed mark, 25 cm high.
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Doreen Blumhardt, flared neck ovoid vase in heavy grey-black glaze, impressed mark, 23 cm high.
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Doreen Blumhardt, 1970s banded spherical vase in dark green ash glaze, impressed mark, 19 cm high.
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Doreen Blumhardt, two cut-sided vases in Japanese style with abstract glaze patterns over grey and celadon glaze grounds, paper labels, 18 cm and. Height 15 cm.
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Doreen Blumhardt, octagonal faceted baluster vase in tenmoku glaze together with lidded container in green ash glazes, impressed mark and paper label, 18 cm and. Height 14 cm. (2)
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Doreen Blumhardt, Lidded storage vessel with scored sides in tenmoku glaze together with coffee pot with scored sides in tenmoku glaze (spout frit), impressed marks, 25 cm and 22 cm high.
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Doreen Blumhardt, Early squat cylindrical vase with poured feldspathic glaze over oatmeal ground together with cylindrical vase with heavily scored sides in iron oxide with green ash glaze, incised and impressed marks, 18 cm and 19 cm high.
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Doreen Blumhardt, ovoid vase with wide neck in celadon style crackle glaze together with small bottle vase in streaked blue glazes, impressed marks, 12 cm and 15 cm high.
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Doreen Blumhardt, Two lidded storage pots, one in pale green ash glaze with ribbed sides, the other with sgraffito pattern in a red tessha style glaze, impressed marks, 18 cm and 13 cm high.
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Doreen Blumhardt, Lidded pot with wax resist decoration on green ground (made Japan 1962?) together with lidded box in speckled blue grey glaze with shell impressions, paper label & impressed mark, 18 cm and 9 cm high.
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Doreen Blumhardt, Two lidded storage jars 'Macaroni' & 'Bran' in mottled green brown ash glazes, paper labels, 16 cm and 13 cm high.
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Doreen Blumhardt, Lidded box, coral series together with another similar, impressed marks, 11 cm and 10 cm diameter
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Doreen Blumhardt, five pieces including two small vases in green & one in brown, small lidded jug & wooden lidded small 'coral' pot (miniatures), impressed marks.
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Doreen Blumhardt, Lidded pouring dish together with two small jugs in various green and brown ash glazes, impressed marks.
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Doreen Blumhardt, square sushi dish with oatmeal glazed rondel together with pin dish & spherical pot, impressed marks.
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Doreen Blumhardt, Red glaze posy vase together with small rock impression vase, blue beaker, impressed marks & paper label, all 10 cm high.
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Doreen Blumhardt, ovoid bowl with tenmoku body, green rim and interior together with early green glazed bowl, impressed and incised marks, 17 cm and 14 cm diameter
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Doreen Blumhardt, star form posy vase in chun style over green ash glaze together with green ash glazed candlestick, impressed mark & paper label, 12 cm dia and 15 cm high.
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Doreen Blumhardt, Lidded casserole with poured glaze decoration to lid together with lidded casserole with wax resist decoration over olive green & tenmoku ground (firing crack), paper labels, 22 cm and 23 cm diameter
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Doreen Blumhardt, Lidded casserole dish in tenmoku glaze (firing flaw) together with casserole dish with wax resist decoration over dark green glaze, paper labels & impressed mark, 26 cm and 23 cm diameter
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Wall hanging of woven wool backing with applied ceramic discs & abstract forms, woven by Grace Rushton, 151 cm x 106 cm.
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Hand formed oblong slab dish with abstract glaze decoration and another (a/f ), paper labels, 25 cm
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Collection of vase, two cups, yunomi, candleholder and six door handles
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Tools from her pottery workbench, mostly brushes, held in an early Blumhardt jug (a/f ).
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As above, mostly modelling tools, held in an earthenware jug.
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As above, in Blumhardt cylindrical pot.
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As above, in stoneware tray.
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Brian Brake Framed black & white photograph of Blumhardt taken at 35 Harbour View Road in the 1970s, 66 cm x 46 cm.
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Helen Bowie Colour print, mounted on board, of Blumhardt at 70 Harbour View Road taken in the 1990s, 50 cm x 41 cm, together with another photograph of her at work and a recent Dominion Post photo.
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Brian Brake Series of four black & white photographs (unframed, with mounts) of Blumhardt in her workshop, c1970s, mount 52 cm x 41 cm.
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Brian Brake Six black & white vintage prints of Blumhardt ceramics together with unknown black and white photo of Blumhardt in front of her sculpted wall at the Christian Science Church and two others.
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Greig Royle Foamboard mounted colour photograph of Blumhardt glazing a pot in her workshop c1970, 34 cm x 27 cm, together with two block mounted colour photos of Blumhardt's work, both 40 cm x 40 cm.
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Brian Brake Six black & white photographs, mounted on card, of Blumhardt works, taken in the 1960s, mount 41 cm x 58 cm.
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Brian Brake Five black & white photographs, mounted on card, of Blumhardt works, c1960s, mount 41 cm x 58 cm.
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Brian Brake Two framed black & white photographs of Blumhardt's hands working at her wheel, frame 61 cm x 48.5 cm
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Brian Brake Black & white portrait photograph mounted on card (subject unknown), mount 48 cm x 37 cm, together with framed colour photograph of Japanese scene, frame 54 cm x 42 cm.
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Neville Atkinson Two black & white photographs c1960s of Blumhardt's work, mount 59 cm x 50 cm.
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Brian Brake Colour photograph of Blumhardt pot, 34 cm x 27 cm, as printed in the 1985-6 Image International Calendar (also in lot) with four block mounted prints of Blumhardt's work,.
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Five block mounted colour photographs, close-ups of Blumhardt's glazed works.
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Vivienne Mountfort Fern Frond I Piu Piu prepared flax and flax fibre on handmade paper, 73 cm x 53 cm. B ooks
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Len Castle Potter Sang Architects & Co, Auckland 2002. Inscribed to Blumhardt by the author.
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Book, Peter Stichbury Peter Stichbury A Survey of a Pioneer New Zealand Studio Potter, Auckland Museum, 1997. Signed by Peter Stichbury with letter
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Book, Doreen Blumhardt/Brian Brake New Zealand Potters Their Work and Words. Ah & Aw Reed, Wellington, 1976. Signed by the author (dedicated to her aunt).
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Book, Tony Birks Hans Coper Collins, London 1983.
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Book, Tony Birks The Art of the Modern Potter Country Life Ltd, London 1967, together with Lewenstein & Cooper, New Ceramics, studio Vista, London 1974.
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Book, Doreen Blumhardt Teacher & Potter Daphne Brasell Associates Press, Wellington 1991. Signed by Blumhardt.
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Book, Gail Lambert Pottery in New Zealand Commercial and Collectable Heinemann, Auckland 1985.
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Book, Michael Cardew Pioneer Pottery Longmans, London 1969, signed by Blumhardt, with Harry Davis, The Potter's Alternative, Australia 1987
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Book, Three Japanese/Taiwanese Ceramics titles - The Japan Foundation, Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, 1976 - Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition catalogue, 1993 - The Taiwanese Ceramic Arts Exhibition catalogue, 1993 101.
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Book, Kenneth Clark The Potter's Manual Macdonald, London 1983, 25 cm, together with Kenneth Clark Practical Pottery and Ceramics Studio Books, London 1964.
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Book, Kanjiro Kawai Kanjiro Kawai Hard cover Japanese ceramics book all in Japanese, in cardboard sleeve.
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Book, J. Edward Kidder Prehistoric Japanese Arts - Jomon Pottery Kodansha International Ltd, Tokyo 1968, in cardboard sleeve. Inscribed to Blumhardt by Takeichi Kawai.
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Book, Fujio Koyama/John Figgess Two Thousand Years of Oriental Ceramics Thames & Hudson, London 1961.
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Book, Fujio Koyama The Heritage of Japanese Ceramics Weatherhill & Tankosha, Kyoto 1973.
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Book, Mario Prodan The T'Ang Potter Thames & Hudson, London 1960.
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Book, Soetsu Yanagi The Unknown Craftsman A Japanese Insight into Beauty Adapted by Bernard Leach Kodansha, Tokyo 1973.
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Book, Mirek Smisek, Mirek Smisek 60 Years 60 Pots Mahara Gallery, Waikanae 2009. Inscribed to Blumhardt from Smisek.
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Book, Japan Folk Crafts Museum Exhibition of Folk-Craft from the Collection of the Nippon Mingeikan Catalogue from the Exhibition at Expo '70, 1970. Signed by Moriguchi
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Book, Three Japanese Arts & Crafts Titles - The Japan Craft Forum, Japanese Crafts, Kodansha, Tokyo 1996. - Kageo Muraoka/Kichiemon Okamura, folk Arts & Crafts of Japan, Weatherhill/Heibonsha, Tokyo 1976. - Hugo Munsterberg, The Arts of Japan, Thames & Hudson, London 1957, signed by Blumhardt.
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Book, Masayuki Imai Masayuki Imai Two exhibition catalogues 1991.One dedicated to Blumhardt from Imai.
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Book, Bernard Leach Kenzan and His Tradition Faber & Faber, London 1966. Signed by Blumhardt. 1st ed.
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Book, Bernard Leach Hamada, Potter Kodansha International Ltd, Tokyo 1975. 1st ed.
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Book, Bernard Leach Beyond East & West Memoirs, Portraits & Essays. Faber & Faber, London 1978. 1st ed.
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Book, Bernard Leach A Potter's Work Evelyn, Adams & MacKay, London 1967. 1st ed.
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Book, Bernard Leach A Potter's Book Faber & Faber, London 1953, together with T. Barrow (ed), Bernard Leach-Essays in Appreciation, New Zealand Potter, Wellington 1960.
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Book, Susan Peterson Shoji Hamada, A Potter's Way and Work Kodansha, Tokyo 1974 together with Tony Birks & Cornelia Wingfield Digby, Bernard Leach, Hamada & Their Circle, Marston House, 1992.
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Book, Tony Birks/Cornelia Wingfield Digby Bernard Leach, Hamada & Their Circle Phaidon Christie's Ltd, oxford 1990.
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Book, Fujiwara Yu Bizen Kenkosha, Japan. Ltd ed, no. 115, in cardboard slipcover. Inscribed to Blumhardt.
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Book, Yashiro Yukio (ed) Art Treasures of Japan Two vols, plus supplement. Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai, Tokyo 1960
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Book, Fujiwara Yu Bizen C-Eye Production,Japan 1979
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Book, Herbert H Sanders The World of Japanese Ceramics Kodansha, Tokyo 1967. 1st ed.
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Book, Soame Jenyns Japanese Pottery Faber & Faber, London 1971. 1st ed., together with exhibition catalogue of Kyoto Handicraft Artists, World Crafts Council 1978.
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Book, Francois Fourcade The Peking Museum, Paintings and Ceramics Thames & Hudson, London 1965
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Book, Leandro & Cecilia Locsin Oriental Ceramics Discovered in the Philippines Tuttle, vermont 1967. 1st ed. Inscribed to Blumhardt by authors.
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Book, Seizo Hayashiya/Gakuji Hasebe Chinese Ceramics Tuttle, vermont 1966. 1st ed., together with Margaret Medley, The Chinese Potter, A Practical History of Chinese Ceramics. Phaidon, oxford 1976. 1st ed.
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Book, Hugo Munsterberg The Folk Arts of Japan Tuttle, vermont 1959, together with Eric A Kaemmerer, Trades and Crafts of Old Japan, Tuttle, vermont 1961.
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Book, R L Hobson Handbook of the Pottery & Porcelain of the Far East In the Department of Oriental Antiquities and of Ethnography British Museum/Oup 1937. Inscribed to Blumhardt, together with Tadanari Mitsuoka, Ceramic Art of Japan, Tokyo 1956
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Books, Six Titles on Glazes and pottery Techniques - Tony Birks, The Potter's Companion, 1974 - R Horace Jenkins, Practical pottery, 1941 - Edward Mattil, Meaning in Crafts, 1971 - Richard Zakin, Electric Kiln Ceramics, A Potter's Guide to Clays and Glazes, 1981 - Joseph Grebanier, Chinese Stoneware Glazes, 1975 - Daniel Rhodes, stoneware & Porcelain, The Art of High-Fired pottery, 1959
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Books, Dianne & Peter Beatson The Crane and the Kotuku Manawatu Art Gallery, New Zealand 1994, together with May Davis, May, Her Story, 1990. Inscribed to Blumhardt by the author.
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