NZ & International Fine Art - Evening Sale Wednesday, 24 November 2021 - 6:00 PM start
Melvin (Pat) Day (1923-2016) - Across the Harbour from Seatoun
Lot Details
Melvin (Pat) Day (1923-2016) Across the Harbour from Seatoun oil over gesso ground on sized cotton paper 56.5 x 76cm Provenance: Originally in the collection of the artist’s wife, late Oroya Day, passed on to the Oroya & Melvin Day Charitable Trust Painted plien-air in the early 1990s, this vivid study in oil on paper remained amongst the artist’s studio possessions until his death. The site of this image is just a short stroll along Seatoun’s foreshore from Day’s home in Pinelands Avenue. He painted many different versions from this view point throughout the 90s, all of which were worked up into larger scale in his studio. This plien-air study was frequently used as a reference when he was setting the colour key for larger works, and became his most reliable aide in maintaining chromatic consistency within his Wellington harbour-scapes. Because of this, it was never intended for sale so was never signed. However, the Trustees of Day’s estate have testified to its authenticity and signed a certificate confirming this which is attached to the reverse of the work .
