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PROPERTY FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF DENIS SAVILL, SYDNEY

CHARLES FREDERICK GOLDIE
1870-1947

Reverie: Ena te Papatahi, a Ngapuhi Chieftainess (Ina Te Papatahi, Ngā Puhi) 1916

$1,400,000–1,600,000

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PROPERTY FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF DENIS SAVILL, SYDNEY

CHARLES FREDERICK GOLDIE

1870-1947
Reverie: Ena te Papatahi, a Ngapuhi Chieftainess (Ina Te Papatahi, Ngā Puhi) 1916

oil on canvas
signed and dated 'C.F. Goldie / 1916.' upper left
45.7 x 40.7 cm
frame: original, John Leech, Auckland

  • Lot Sold $1,400,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $1,718,182 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Charles Frederick Goldie, Auckland
Auckland Society of Arts, Auckland
Henry Bruce Morton, Auckland, acquired from the above on 17 June 1916
Private Collection, United Kingdom, by descent from the above
Australian Art, Christie's, London, 24 September 2015, lot 24, illustrated £386,500 (A$840,212)

Exhibited

35th Annual Exhibition, Auckland Society of Arts, Auckland, 1-17 June 1916, no. 138, £26.5.0
Maori Markings: Tā Moko, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 23 March - 25 August 2019, no. 45, illustrated

Literature

'Art in Auckland. Society's Exhibition', The New Zealand Herald, Auckland, 2 June 1916, p. 4
'Art Exhibition. Successful Closing Day', The New Zealand Herald, Auckland, 19 June 1916, p. 7
Alister Taylor and Jan Glen, C.F. Goldie, 1870-1947: His Life & Painting, Alister Taylor, Martinborough, 1977, p. 241 (illustrated)
Crispin Howarth, Maori Markings: Tā Moko, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2019, pp. 67 (illustrated), 92 (illustrated), 93

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