The David and Angela Wright Collection of Modern and Contemporary New Zealand Art

78 Pages·2011·14.72 MB·English

The David and Angela Wright
Collection of Modern and Contemporary
New Zealand Art
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The David and Angela Wright
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Welcome to A+O’s second major art catalogue of 2011. Our first
in April was the most successful in the company’s history and the
cause for considerable optimism around the immediate future of
the New Zealand art market.
The David and Angela Wright Collection of Modern and
ART+OBJECT Contemporary New Zealand Art is an opportunity to view and
consider a private collection of museum quality. This catalogue
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and the pre-auction exhibition serve as a reminder of the vitality of
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New Zealand’s visual arts over the last thirty years. Looking over
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the works in this catalogue a genuine sense of creative virility and
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confidence is revealed.
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On page 14 A+O Director of Art Ben Plumbly discusses the
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genesis and direction of the Wright collection. When such an
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question is, ‘why are they selling?’ The reasons can be many and
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varied. What is certain however is the excitement these high quality
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www.artandobject.co.nz this phenomenon in mid June with the sale of two world class
collections: the Martin Hill Collection of Ceramics and Michael
Seresin’s collection of 20th century photographs (see highlights
on page 6). These offerings caught the attention of collectors
worldwide resulting in high clearance rates and exceptional prices.
What was clear prior to each of the auctions was the
engagement and sense of occasion that each of these collections
sparked within their respective communities. Great admiration
was expressed for the insight and commitment shown by these
collectors over many decades.
Likewise with the Wright collection we anticipate a similar
response from followers of New Zealand art. It is a near survey
exhibition of New Zealand art of the last thirty years and includes
masterpieces by many of our most esteemed senior artists as well
as major suites of photography rarely sighted outside public gallery
installations.
Finally, a note of thanks to our many clients and friends who
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Gavin Hipkins forays. You can now log onto Youtube and search Art and Object if
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collection in late June prior to the auction on the 30th.
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The Martin Hill Collection
of International and
New Zealand Ceramics
8 June 2011
Auction highlights
With over 95% of lots sold under the hammer
and bids recorded from all over the world A+O
is pleased to announce its most successful ever
applied arts sale. By utilizing the latest internet live
streaming technology at www.liveauctioneers.com
the A+O team was fielding bids from a full room,
phones and international bidders via the internet,
frequently simultaneously.
Dame Lucie Rie Hans Coper
Teapot with manganese glaze An angular stoneware vase
and radiating sgraffito bands circa 1958
circa 1958 $11 725
$7325
Shoji Hamada
Dame Lucie Rie and Hans Coper Stoneware Yunomi (teacup)
Six place stoneware coffee set $1405
with manganese glaze
circa 1960 Shoji Hamada
$16 415 Square stoneware bottle vase
$4690
Michael Cardew
A Winchcombe Pottery slipware Warren Tippett
water jar with galena glaze Ovoid stoneware floor vase
$3865 with iron glaze
$1580
Dame Lucie Rie
Stoneware oil and vinegar bottles
circa 1958
$2575
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Important Photographs Another View: The Michael Seresin
Collection of International Black and
9 June 2011
White Photography
Auction highlights
9 June 2011
Auction highlights
Henri Cartier-Bresson Eugène Atget
Santa Clara, Mexico Parc de St Cloud
Yvonne Todd Brian Brake Bill Henson $8207 $19 932
Werta Indian Girl in Monsoon Untitled 2/1 from
$10 550 Rains, 1960 The Paris Opera Project
$9380 $37 520
André Kertész Brassaï Bill Brandt
Satiric Dancer Fille au Billiards A Snicket in Halifax
$14 070 $11 140 $21 105
Kim Joon Michael Parekowhai
Blue Fish III What’s the Time Mr Woolf?
$11 140 $13 485
W. Eugene Smith O. Winston Link
Thelonius Monk and his Hot Shot Eastbound, Lager,
Smashed Cigarette West Virginia
$15 240 $11 430
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