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Lot #26 - Ralph Hotere

  • Auction House:
    Webb's
  • Sale Name:
    Collectors' Art
  • Sale Date:
    12 Jun 2018 ~ 6.30pm (NZST)
  • Lot #:
    26
  • Lot Description:
    Ralph Hotere
    Me Matemate a Marama Te Tangata I Te Ao Nei: Let Men Die as the Moon Dies, That They May Come to Life Again: Te Whiti Series
    ink, gouache and watercolour on paper
    495mm x 415mm
    signed , title inscribed and dated 1972
  • Provenance:
    Purchased by the owner from Ralph Hotere
  • Notes:
    “Ralph was a close friend and an important support throughout the two years I was a Frances Hodgkins Fellow in Dunedin (1971-1972). In 1973, I was living and teaching in Hamilton. The curator of the show, James Mack was a close friend to both us. The works brought up by Ralph were far more than could be utilised for the Waikato show, so Ralph more or less said to James that they were for sale if not used for the show. I just happened to be standing by Ralph at that point and I selected the two then and there - paying up as well to boot!”  - Marte Szirmay. To say that these dark atmospheric works by Ralph Hotere are potent is an understatement. Standing before these works causes the viewer a lasting emotional reaction that cannot be shaken. The cries of Parihaka are palpable in text and line. The ground-breaking Waikato exhibition that Marte Szirmay refers to was titled Taranaki Saw It All: The Story of Whiti O Rongomai of Parihaka, which was held at the Waikato Museum, Hamilton, in 1973. Hotere was invited, with Colin McCahon and other pivotal artists, to produce a body of work for this exhibition about Taranaki leader, pacifist and prophet, Te Whiti O Rongomai (1830-1907). A companion work from the Te Whiti series, that once belonged to artist William Sutton, is now in the permanent collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetu.
  • Estimate:
    NZ$15,000 - 25,000
  • Realised Price:
    *****

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  • Category:
    Art

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