Collection of New Zealand landscapes, landmarks and bridges, including fanciful Maori portraits
c1910s-20s. The collection of seventeen works consists of eleven etchings, five drypoints and one pencil drawing. One print is monogrammed in the plate lower right, most are signed, some are titled and/or annotated “PP” [printer’s proof] in pencil in lower margin, sizes range from 6.7 x 19.2cm to 34.8 x 17.3cm. Slight foxing, soiled margins, rubbing to titles and cracking to platemark, old mount burn. Some are laid down on acid-free tissue. Titles include: 1) A Country P.O. [Post Office]; 2) In the Spring Time; 3) A Quiet Nook; 4) Be It Ever So Humble; 5) His First Pipe; 6) In the Heart of the Bush; 7) On the Titirangi Hills; 8) The Dying Monarch; 9) Te Wahine; 10) Taranaki; 11) On the Hilltop; 12) An Old Landmark, Auckland [Partington’s Mill]; and 13) Grafton Bridge, Auckland. Trevor Lloyd was a pioneer of etching in New Zealand and was one the country’s leading political cartoonists. Initially, he was inspired by his father, a farmer, who was an amateur artist. For most of his career he had no thumb on his writing hand and was blind in his left eye. Much of his etching work was inspired by his interest in the Maori culture and language, where he created bush scenes populated with fairy-like people, based on the patupaiarehe of the Maori. Ref: Te Ara: Encylopedia of NZ. Lloyd’s work is well-represented in the Auckland Art Gallery collection.
Item #CL176-154
Price (AUD): $16,500.00 other currencies