Fine & Applied Art Tuesday, 3 December 2019 - 6:00 PM start

Frances Hodgkins - Untitled (The Orange Sail, possibly Chioggia)

Realised: $19,000 plus premium

Lot Details

Frances Hodgkins (1869-1947) Untitled (The Orange Sail, possibly Chioggia) c 1906 watercolour 12.5 x 17.5cm Provenance The Hursthouse Collection, York Bay, Wellington The Hursthouse, Atkinson & Richmond families began their friendship before James Crowe Richmond's arrived in New Zealand, 1850. Richmond's aunt Helen was married to John Hursthouse, and had previously worked with John Staines Atkinson in the United Kingdom. The families remained close, settling in York Bay, Wellington. This work is to be added to the Frances Hodgkins online database. We would like to thank Mary Kisler & Tony Mackle for their assistance cataloguing this work.