NZ & International Fine Art - Part One Wednesday, 3 June 2020 - 6:00 PM start

Robin White - The Black Standard Over Victory Beach

Lot Details

Robin White (b 1946) The Black Standard Over Victory Beach suite of five screenprints in folio, limited edition 17/20 each individually signed and dated 'Robin White 1981' 36.5 x 47.5cm, all unframed Provenance purchased Bosshard Galleries, Dunedin, 1981 Private Estate, Dunedin The five works in this series deal with the themes of sacrifice and steadfastness, and of making choices in a time of crisis. Using words from the Dawn Breakers, Nabil's narrative of the early history of the Bahai faith, these works were produced during a period of time marked by a resurgence in the persecution of the Bahais in Iran, while in NZ the country was fiercely divided over the Springbok rugby tour. 1981 was also the year in which White and her husband were asked if they would migrate to Kiribati to serve the Bahai community there.