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Space to Dream: Recent Art from South America — Space to Dream: Recent Art from South America

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The Walters Prize 2016 — Space to Dream: Recent Art from South America

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Yuki Kihara and John Pule — Yuki Kihara and John Pule

12 Dec 2015 — 28 Aug 2016

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Yuki Kihara and John Pule

12 Dec 2015 — 28 Aug 2016

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Roberto Matta’s Les Oh! Tomobiles — Roberto Matta’s Les Oh! Tomobiles

29 Apr 2016 — 18 Sep 2016

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Roberto Matta’s Les Oh! Tomobiles

29 Apr 2016 — 18 Sep 2016

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Jeremy Leatinu'u: Primal Movements — Jeremy Leatinu'u: Primal Movements

23 Dec 2015 — 18 Sep 2016

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Jeremy Leatinu'u: Primal Movements

23 Dec 2015 — 18 Sep 2016

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Online Collection: Fashion Week

Dr Diana Mason, 1979 — Dr Diana Mason, 1979

Peter Black

Production date

1979

Medium

selenium-toned gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

237 x 160 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1981

Accession no

1981/4/3

Dr Diana Mason, 1979

Ngatu Tā‘uli — Ngatu Tā‘uli

Kautaha Koka‘anga (Tongan women’s barkcloth-making collective)

Production date

circa 1990

Medium

inner bark of hiapo (paper mulberry), black soot from the burned flesh of tuitui (candlenuts), red/brown pigment from the bark of the koka tree, ‘umea (red soil/clay)

Size (h x w)

6500 x 6040 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Chartwell Gift Collection, 2013

Accession no

2013/19/11

Ngatu Tā‘uli

Kautaha Koka‘anga (Tongan women’s barkcloth-making collective)

Screen — Screen

Don Driver

Production date

1985

Medium

mixed media

Size (h x w)

2060 x 2240 mm

Credit line

Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2012

Accession no

C2012/1/7

Screen

Melittion — Melittion

Frederic Leighton

Production date

1882

Medium

oil on canvas

Size (h x w)

1219 x 914 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Moss Davis, 1927

Accession no

1927/2/1

Melittion

Frederic Leighton

Textile Design — Textile Design

May Smith

Production date

circa 1935

Medium

linocut

Size (h x w)

300 x 230 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1979

Accession no

1979/42/4

Textile Design

Afternoon Coffee, Venice — Afternoon Coffee, Venice

Cecil van Haanen

Production date

1883

Medium

oil on canvas

Size (h x w)

1555 x 1225 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Accession no

MU/143

Afternoon Coffee, Venice

Cecil van Haanen

In Time of Peril — In Time of Peril

Edmund Blair Leighton

Production date

1897

Medium

oil on canvas

Size (h x w)

1245 x 1689 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Accession no

MU/81

In Time of Peril

Edmund Blair Leighton

Portrait of a Lady — Portrait of a Lady

Dirck Santvoort

On display

Production date

1637

Medium

oil on panel

Size (h x w)

1213 x 895 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr P A N Nathan, 1963

Accession no

1963/18

Portrait of a Lady

Dirck Santvoort

On display

The Departure — The Departure

Le Blond & Co Abraham Le Blond

Production date

1849-1893

Medium

handtinted intaglio print

Size (h x w)

95 x 63 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1974

Accession no

1974/17/11/2

The Departure

Le Blond & Co Abraham Le Blond

Good Night — Good Night

Percy Thomas

Production date

1875

Medium

drypoint

Size (h x w)

559 x 393 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mrs Ada Chapman Taylor, 1930

Accession no

1930/4/36

Good Night

Elizabeth de Valois, Reine d'Espagne — Elizabeth de Valois, Reine d'Espagne

Jules Jacquemart Antonio Moro

Production date

19th century

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

202 x 170 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the relatives of Mr T V Gulliver, 1939

Accession no

1939/4/123

Elizabeth de Valois, Reine d'Espagne

Jules Jacquemart Antonio Moro

"Father, I will be guided." — "Father, I will be guided."

Studio of Swain Joseph Swain Frederic Leighton

On display

Production date

1862

Medium

wood engraving

Size (h x w)

159 x 105 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the relatives of Mr T V Gulliver, 1939

Accession no

1939/4/145

"Father, I will be guided."

Studio of Swain Joseph Swain Frederic Leighton

On display

L'homme enroule dans son manteau — L'homme enroule dans son manteau

Jacques Callot

Production date

1621

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

58 x 86 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982

Accession no

M1982/1/2/47

L'homme enroule dans son manteau

La dame a la grande collerette et a la coiffe retombant en arriere — La dame a la grande collerette et a la coiffe retombant en arriere

Jacques Callot

Production date

1624

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

142 x 94 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982

Accession no

M1982/1/2/203

La dame a la grande collerette et a la coiffe retombant en arriere

The Gauguin Gown — The Gauguin Gown

Jo Torr

Production date

2001

Medium

printed and unprinted cotton, plastic flowers, shells, straw hat

Size (h x w)

1213 x 895 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2004

Accession no

2004/16

The Gauguin Gown

Portrait of a lady with a dog — Portrait of a lady with a dog

Lavinia Fontana

On display

Production date

1590s

Medium

oil on panel

Size (h x w)

971 x 724 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1956

Accession no

M1956/3/1

Portrait of a lady with a dog

Lavinia Fontana

On display

Fashionable hats, Auckland — Fashionable hats, Auckland

John Hanna

Production date

circa 1870

Medium

albumen

Size (h x w)

41 x 70 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr G Moonen, 1989

Accession no

1989/56/3

Fashionable hats, Auckland

Nick, Mickey & Karen — Nick, Mickey & Karen

Karen Walker

Production date

2001

Medium

embroidery

Size (h x w)

760 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2001

Accession no

2001/25

Nick, Mickey & Karen

Untitled (Studded Suit) — Untitled (Studded Suit)

Giovanni Intra

Production date

1990

Medium

wool, polyester, metal studs

Size (h x w)

1600 x 560 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with the assistance of the Chartwell Trust, 2003

Accession no

2003/43

Untitled (Studded Suit)

Nga Toenga, Daughter of the Barrier Island Chief — Nga Toenga, Daughter of the Barrier Island Chief

George French Angas W Hawkins

Production date

circa 1847

Medium

hand coloured lithograph

Size (h x w)

250 x 130 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2009

Accession no

2009/16/3/1

Nga Toenga, Daughter of the Barrier Island Chief

George French Angas W Hawkins

A Young Woman of Otaheite, bringing a Present — A Young Woman of Otaheite, bringing a Present

John Webber Francesco Bartolozzi

Production date

1784

Medium

engraving on paper

Size (h x w)

347 x 276 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2007

Accession no

2007/29/8

A Young Woman of Otaheite, bringing a Present

John Webber Francesco Bartolozzi

Dressing Embellishing — Dressing Embellishing

Christine Hellyar

Production date

2003

Medium

hibicus purau, feathers

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2004

Accession no

2004/29/4

Dressing Embellishing

Christine Hellyar

An Excellent Fetish #2 — An Excellent Fetish #2

Giovanni Intra

Production date

1991

Medium

sandblasted glass, wood, Doc Martens boots, studded wristband, razor blade and velvet

Size (h x w)

1670 x 600 x 390 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2008

Accession no

2008/27/2.1-6

An Excellent Fetish #2

Characterisation in colour — Characterisation in colour

May Smith

Production date

1941

Medium

oil on canvas

Size (h x w)

762 x 609 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1958

Accession no

1958/20

Characterisation in colour

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