NZ & International Fine Art - Day Sale Thursday, 12 August 2021 - 12:00 PM start
Jane Hobbs (C19th) - The White Terraces
Realised: $1,900 plus premium
Lot Details
Jane Hobbs (C19th) The White Terraces oil on canvas 58 x 89cm with associated Tarawera literature & ephemera Provenance The artist was the only European survivor of the Tarawera eruption. She was the daughter of Mr & Mrs Hazard, and her father was the schoolmaster at the village of Te Waiora, bordering Lake Tarawera. The work was painted from memory. The artist gifted the work to Mrs Bartlett, a family friend. Literature New Zealand Woman's Weekly, 26 May 1986 'The pink & white terraces. Will we ever see such splendour again?' p. 34. (colour illustration)
