Lot 85
Ralph Hotere
Te Whiti To the People: Feb 1880; Te Whiti Series
ink on paper
title inscribed, signed and dated '72; signed with artists stamp affixed verso
TE WHITI To the people Feb. 1880
96 the bayonets of the soliders should dazzle your eyes, my people - be not afraid
520mm x 390mm

When I speak of the land, the surverys, the ploughmen and such small matters - the pencil of the reporters fly with the speed of the wind - but when I speak of the words of the spirit they say this is the dream of a madmen
To Reporters June 1879