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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian & International Art
• Sale Date:
  02 May 2023 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  32
• Lot Description:
  Charles Frederick Goldie
  (1870-1947)
  Reverie: Ena te Papatahi, a Ngapuhi Chieftainess (Ina Te Papatahi, Nga Puhi) 1916
  oil on canvas
  45.7 x 40.7 cm; frame: original, John Leech, Auckland
  signed and dated 'C.F. Goldie / 1916.' upper left
• 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 &pound386,500 (A$840,212)
• Exhibited:
  35th Annual Exhibition, Auckland Society of Arts, Auckland, 1-17 June 1916, no. 138, £26.5.0; Maori Markings: Ta Moko, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 23 March - 25 August 2019, no. 45, illustrated
• References:
  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: Ta Moko, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2019, pp. 67 (illustrated), 92 (illustrated), 93
• Estimate:
  A$1,100,000 - 1,500,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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