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W T Macalister
40 Years of Leo Bensemann - 20 lots

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Lot #1
Leo Bensemann

The earliest dated ‘imaginary por...
Estimate: NZ$ 9,000 - 11,000

Lot #2
Leo Bensemann

A similar ambiguity attaches to the...
Estimate: NZ$ 9,000 - 11,000

Lot #3
Leo Bensemann

For a period in the mid to late 193...
Estimate: NZ$ 18,000 - 22,000

Lot #4
Leo Bensemann

Huntsman, a small but very striking...
Estimate: NZ$ 9,000 - 11,000

Lot #5
Leo Bensemann

Lawrence Baigent was Leo's closest ...
Estimate: NZ$ 20,000 - 25,000

Lot #6
Leo Bensemann

Hugh Cato was an English-born Chris...
Estimate: NZ$ 12,000 - 15,000

Lot #7
Leo Bensemann

Apart from some early Japanese-infl...
Estimate: NZ$ 10,000 - 14,000

Lot #8
Leo Bensemann

In 1949 Bensemann wrote to his frie...
Estimate: NZ$ 12,000 - 15,000

Lot #9
Leo Bensemann

In 1961, after a fairly lean period...
Estimate: NZ$ 10,000 - 14,000

Lot #10
Leo Bensemann

After painting landscapes in Canter...
Estimate: NZ$ 10,000 - 14,000

Lot #11
Leo Bensemann

Untitled Landscape (Kaikoura)
Estimate: NZ$ 12,000 - 15,000

Lot #12
Leo Bensemann

Bensemann made several painting tri...
Estimate: NZ$ 8,000 - 10,000

Lot #13
Leo Bensemann

Bensemann was proud of his German a...
Estimate: NZ$ 9,000 - 11,000

Lot #14
Leo Bensemann

From the 1930s Bensemann had admire...
Estimate: NZ$ 9,000 - 11,000

Lot #15
Leo Bensemann

This important painting, the last o...
Estimate: NZ$ 30,000 - 35,000

Lot #16
Leo Bensemann

These two paintings, so unusual in ...
Estimate: NZ$ 3,000 - 4,000

Lot #17
Leo Bensemann

These two paintings, so unusual in ...
Estimate: NZ$ 3,000 - 4,000

Lot #18
Leo Bensemann

Although River Flat lacks the locat...
Estimate: NZ$ 16,000 - 22,000

Lot #19
Rita Angus

Rita Angus Portrait and Poppies
Estimate: NZ$ 2,000 - 3,000

Lot #20
Rita Angus

Portrait of Lawrence Baigent c 1938
Estimate: NZ$ 1,000 - 1,500

40 Years of Leo Bensemann


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  • Description:
    This Auction covers the spectrum of the artist's output. With a nice surprise, two Rita Angus sketches round out the collection, Angus being a contemporary and close friend of Bensemann.

    Prof Peter Simpson will be talking about the collection at the following locations:

    - Ocula, Level One, 25 Sale Street Freemans Bay, Auckland on Monday the 12th of March 2012 between 5:30pm and 7:30pm

    - W.T. Macalister at 2 Oxley Avenue, Saint Albans, Christchurch on Thursday 22nd of March 201
  • Sale(s):
    28 Mar 2012 ~ 6:30pm (NZDT)
    The George
    50 Park Terrace
    Christchurch, NZ New Zealand
  • Viewing:
    23 Mar 2012 ~ 11am - 2pm
    Ocula, Level One, 25 Sale Street
    Freemans Bay, Auckland, NZ
    New Zealand

    23 Mar 2012 ~ 11am - 3pm
    2 Oxley Street
    Saint Albans, Christchurch, NZ 8014
    New Zealand

    26 Mar 2012 ~ 10am - 5pm
    2 Oxley Street
    Saint Albans, Christchurch, NZ 8014
    New Zealand

    27 Mar 2012 ~ 10am - 5pm
    2 Oxley Street
    Saint Albans, Christchurch, NZ 8014
    New Zealand

    28 Mar 2012 ~ 10am - 2pm
    2 Oxley Street
    Saint Albans, Christchurch, NZ 8014
    New Zealand

Prices realised in this sale include buyers premium of 17.250%.



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