NZ & International Fine Art - Evening Sale Wednesday, 11 August 2021 - 6:00 PM start

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Trevor Moffitt (1936-2006) - Southland Lanscape

Realised: $25,000 plus premium

Lot Details

Trevor Moffitt (1936-2006) Southland Lanscape oil on board signed and dated 'Moffitt 60' (lower right); inscribed with title and no. 16 to reverse 74 x 49.5cm Provenance purchased from Canterbury Galleries c.1982-4 by the current owner Private collection, South Island Exhibited Invercargill, Public Art Gallery, 1961. The artist's first solo exhibition. A review of Trevor Moffitt's first one-man exhibition which featured 35 works at Anderson Park Gallery shortly before Easter 1961 stated: 'On Saturday night, about fifty people (attended) the opening...His work covers a wide range...landscapes, still life's, portraits, and paintings of the human figure... Mr Moffitt's work has strength and vigour. It's breath [sic] and vitality may give a mental shock, at first, but the picture will slowly have its effect and give the viewer a pleasant experience. The Art Society has brought one of Mr Moffitt's paintings which embraces a study of gladioli and still life, for the Civic Collection'