NZ & International Fine Art - Evening Sale Wednesday, 24 November 2021 - 6:00 PM start

Frances Hodgkins (1869-1947) - Pleasure Boat

Realised: $150,000 plus premium

Lot Details

Frances Hodgkins (1869-1947) Pleasure Boat (1932) watercolour and gouache on paper signed 'Frances Hodgkins' (lower right) original 'Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand' Frances Hodgkins Centenary Exhibition 1969' and 'New Zealand Mission to the United Nations' labels affixed to reverse 52.5 x 41.5cm Provenance Private Collection, South Africa. Redfern Gallery, London, England. Collection of Frank and Lyn Corner, Wellington, New Zealand, purchased from the Redfern Gallery, 1956. Sale, Art+Object, Auckland, "The Collection of Frank and Lyn Corner," 18 March 2018 (lot 66) Exhibited London, Lefevre Gallery, New Watercolour Drawings, October 1933 - November 1933 Wellington, Kirkcaldie & Stains Ltd, Frances Hodgkins, Works from Private Collections: An Exhibition Held to Celebrate the Opening of the New Store and Gallery, 1 August 1989 - 21 August 1989 Wellington, Te Papa Tongarewa, Museum of New Zealand, Frances Hodgkins, 19 September 1993 - 30 January 1994 Waikato, Waikato Museum of Art History, Frances Hodgkins: Later Works, 5 August 1997 - 28 September 1997 Waikanae, Mahara Gallery, Frances Hodgkins: Kapiti Treasures, 28 February - 2 May 2010 Literature Frances Hodgkins 1869-1947: A Centenary Exhibition, Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand, Auckland, 1969 p. 77 (illustrated) E H McCormick, Portrait of Frances Hodgkins, Auckland University Press, Auckland, 1981, p. 116 (illustrated) Iain Buchanan, Michael Dunn, Elizabeth Eastmond, Frances Hodgkins: Paintings and Drawings, Auckland University Press, Auckland, 1994| p. 140 (ill.) Janet Bayly, Frances Hodgkins: Kapiti Treasures, Mahara Gallery, Waikanae, 2010| p. 32 (colour ill. 20) https://completefranceshodgkins.com FH0994