Historical Art

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Webb’s calendar presents an annual sale dedicated solely to historical art featuring works by New Zealand’s most celebrated early colonials as well as early international artists of repute.

Outstanding pieces are also offered regularly in Webb’s sales of important Works of Art with affordable works  featuring in A2 Affordable Art sales. Full private collections have included the Dr Neville Hogg collection offered in 1993 as well as the Dick and Rhoda Potton collection offered in early 2008.

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Previous Sale Highlights:

Gottfried Lindauer
Ihakara Tukumaru
850mm x 680mm
Realised: $181,737 - August 2011

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Charles Frederick Goldie
The Nest
245mm x 345mm
Realised: $171,562 - August 2011

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Charles Goldie
Mihipeka Wairama, Tuhourangi Tribe
245mm x 195mm
Realised: $175,400 - March 2010

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Charles Frederick Goldie
A Happy Thought, Te Aitu te Irikau, A Noted Arawa Chieftainess
265mm x 210mm
Realised: $182,500 - July 2009

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Nicholas Chevalier
Lake Wakatipu
420 x 720mm
Realised: $67,000 - March 2008

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George French Angas
Apihai Te Kawau, Principal Chief of Ngati Whatua and his Nephew Rewiti, Orakei 1844
290mm x 225mm
Realised: $150,000 - December 2003

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Frances Hodgkins
Still Life with Landscape (c 1930)
750mm x 625mm
Realised: $410,000 - April 2003

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Charles Frederick Goldie
Te Aho, A Noted Waikato Warrior 1905
600mm x 497mm
Realised: $390,000 - April 2003

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Evelyn Page
Nude with Magnolias 1985-86
590mm x 740mm
Realised: $190,000 - June 2002

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Commander Richard Oliver
Group Outside a Tent, Pomare's Pah, Bay of Islands, 1851
360mm x 520mm
Realised: $82,500 - June 2002

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Alfred Sharpe
Twilight on the Swamps of the Awaroa, in Flood
625mm x 950mm
Realised: $100,000 - June 2002

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Evelyn Page
A Quiet Hour (c1935)
440mm x 630mm
Realised: $67,000 - June 2002

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