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Auckland Art Gallery holds a large and significant permanent collection of New Zealand art. Alongside historic, modern and contemporary New Zealand art, we care for and display outstanding works by Māori and Pacific Island artists, as well as international paintings, sculptures and prints ranging in date from the 11th century to the present day.

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Online Collection: Bodies laid bare

La Grande danseuse — La Grande danseuse

Auguste Rodin

On display

Production date

1913

Medium

bronze

Size (h x w)

730 x 250 x 330 mm

Credit line

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

Accession no

M1956/4

La Grande danseuse

On display

Pattern inspired by rain — Pattern inspired by rain

A Lois White

Production date

circa 1941

Medium

oil on cardboard

Size (h x w)

510 x 410 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1992

Accession no

1992/22

Pattern inspired by rain

The Serpent tempting Eve (Satan's first address to Eve) — The Serpent tempting Eve (Satan's first address to Eve)

Henry Fuseli

On display

Production date

1802

Medium

oil on panel

Size (h x w)

302 x 238 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Sir George Grey, 1887

Accession no

1887/1/13

The Serpent tempting Eve (Satan's first address to Eve)

On display

Untitled (4th D SH33 N29A) — Untitled (4th D SH33 N29A)

Bill Henson

Production date

1992-1993

Medium

C-type photograph

Size (h x w)

2000 x 1270 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1994

Accession no

1994/12/2

Untitled (4th D SH33 N29A)

A Nude — A Nude

William Etty

Production date

Unknown

Medium

oil on panel

Size (h x w)

685 x 482 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1958

Accession no

1958/12

A Nude

Saint Sebastian — Saint Sebastian

Guido Reni

On display

Production date

circa 1625

Medium

oil on canvas

Size (h x w)

1670 x 1276 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of James Tannock Mackelvie, 1882

Accession no

M1882/2/3

Saint Sebastian

On display

Nude (The Artist's Wife) — Nude (The Artist's Wife)

Richard Collins

Production date

1970

Medium

black and white photograph

Size (h x w)

208 x 315 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1975

Accession no

1975/28/1

Nude (The Artist's Wife)

Richard Collins

The Finding of Moses — The Finding of Moses

Frederick Goodall

Production date

Unknown

Medium

oil on canvas

Size (h x w)

2438 x 1829 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Accession no

MU/55

The Finding of Moses

Frederick Goodall

On the Sea-Beat Shore, Where Thracians Tame Wild Horses from Alexander Pope, Homer's Iliad — On the Sea-Beat Shore, Where Thracians Tame Wild Horses from Alexander Pope, Hom...

William Calderon

Production date

1905

Medium

oil on canvas

Size (h x w)

1829 x 3785 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Accession no

MU/29

On the Sea-Beat Shore, Where Thracians Tame Wild Horses from Alexander Pope, Hom...

William Calderon

Final Domestic Expose - I paint Myself — Final Domestic Expose - I paint Myself

Jacqueline Fahey

Production date

1981-1982

Medium

oil and collage on board

Size (h x w)

909 x 1830 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1983

Accession no

1983/47

Final Domestic Expose - I paint Myself

Jacqueline Fahey

Self Portrait (Nude at Easel) — Self Portrait (Nude at Easel)

A Lois White

Production date

circa 1935

Medium

oil on cardboard

Size (h x w)

495 x 400 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Fumpston Family, 2003

Accession no

2003/35

Self Portrait (Nude at Easel)

Baigneuse au collier (Nude with a necklace) — Baigneuse au collier (Nude with a necklace)

Henri Matisse

Production date

1889-1954

Medium

linocut

Size (h x w)

244 x 178 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1961

Accession no

1961/16/2

Baigneuse au collier (Nude with a necklace)

Teller — Teller

Ian Scott

Production date

1970

Medium

oil on canvas

Size (h x w)

2134 x 1730 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Nan Corson and Chris Corson-Scott, 2014

Accession no

2014/29/5

Teller

Odalisque — Odalisque

Jean-Auguste Ingres

Production date

1825

Medium

lithograph

Size (h x w)

131 x 210 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1954

Accession no

1954/7/3

Odalisque

Jean-Auguste Ingres

Torse noir assis — Torse noir assis

Alexander Archipenko

On display

Production date

1909

Medium

bronze

Size (h x w)

375 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1948

Accession no

M1948/1

Torse noir assis

Alexander Archipenko

On display

Hephaestus, Bia and Kratos securing Prometheus on Mount Caucasus — Hephaestus, Bia and Kratos securing Prometheus on Mount Caucasus

Henry Fuseli

Production date

circa 1800-circa 1810

Medium

pencil

Size (h x w)

359 x 302 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/80

Hephaestus, Bia and Kratos securing Prometheus on Mount Caucasus

Satan — Satan

Liz Maw

Production date

2003

Medium

oil on board

Size (h x w)

1800 x 1400 mm

Credit line

Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2003

Accession no

C2003/1/42

Satan

Sea urchins — Sea urchins

Edward Armitage

Production date

1882

Medium

oil on canvas

Size (h x w)

610 x 863 x 85 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Accession no

M1883/1/2

Sea urchins

Edward Armitage

Love each other — Love each other

Pat Hanly

Production date

1975

Medium

screenprint

Size (h x w)

520 x 550 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the artist, 1990

Accession no

1991/19/45

Love each other

Online Collection: Celebrating International Museum Day

Galleria grande di Statue, la cui struttura e con archi e col lume preso dall'alto...(Large sculpture gallery built on arches and lit from above) — Galleria grande di Statue, la cui struttura e con archi e col lume preso dall'al...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Production date

circa 1743

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

373 x 248 mm

Credit line

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

Accession no

M1982/1/4/2

Galleria grande di Statue, la cui struttura e con archi e col lume preso dall'al...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Wellington (Museum) — Wellington (Museum)

Gavin Hipkins

Production date

1998

Medium

C-type colour photographic print

Size (h x w)

641 x 437 x 22 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with funds from the Graeme Maunsell Trust, 2002

Accession no

2002/14/24

Wellington (Museum)

The Auckland Public Library, Art Gallery and Old Colonists' Museum — The Auckland Public Library, Art Gallery and Old Colonists' Museum

Thomas Gulliver

Production date

1930

Medium

ink on wove card

Size (h x w)

324 x 200 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Catriona Munro, 2004, (daughter of John Barr, Chief Librarian and Director of Auckland Art Gallery and Old Colonists' Museum, 1913-1952)

Accession no

2004/40

The Auckland Public Library, Art Gallery and Old Colonists' Museum

Thomas Gulliver

Sue Crockford Gallery 2002 Installation View #4 — Sue Crockford Gallery 2002 Installation View #4

Marie Shannon

Production date

2007

Medium

oil pastel on paper

Size (h x w)

643 x 733 x 30 mm

Credit line

Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2007

Accession no

C2007/1/42/2

Sue Crockford Gallery 2002 Installation View #4

Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (1) — Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (1)

Fiona Connor

Production date

2009

Medium

pencil and watercolour on paper

Size (h x w)

297 x 420 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/15/1

Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (1)

Mackelvie Gallery, East wall, Edmiston Wing, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 3/10/08 11:33:02 — Mackelvie Gallery, East wall, Edmiston Wing, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki,...

Jennifer French

Production date

2008

Medium

digital inkjet print on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper

Size (h x w)

538 x 795 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, commissioned 2008

Accession no

2014/17/6

Mackelvie Gallery, East wall, Edmiston Wing, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki,...

Jennifer French

Pukaki from the pah at Ohinemutu, Rotorua, in the Auckland Museum — Pukaki from the pah at Ohinemutu, Rotorua, in the Auckland Museum

John Crombie

Production date

circa 1878

Medium

albumen silver photograph

Size (h x w)

205 x 32 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Gow Family, 1994

Accession no

1994/39

Pukaki from the pah at Ohinemutu, Rotorua, in the Auckland Museum

Memorial Museum — Memorial Museum

D G Begg

Production date

circa 1950

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

214 x 160 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1999

Accession no

1999/7/22

Memorial Museum

Veduta della Scala, Museo Vaticano (View of the Stairs, Vatican Museum, Rome) — Veduta della Scala, Museo Vaticano (View of the Stairs, Vatican Museum, Rome)

Giovanni Volpato

Production date

1770-1777

Medium

hand-coloured engraving

Size (h x w)

585 x 490 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, on loan from J.A. Tylee and C.E. van Kraayenoord

Accession no

L2014/10/6

Veduta della Scala, Museo Vaticano (View of the Stairs, Vatican Museum, Rome)

Giovanni Volpato

The Hibiscus Coast Project, Residents: Margaret Stevenson, Silverdale Museum — The Hibiscus Coast Project, Residents: Margaret Stevenson, Silverdale Museum

Clive Stone

Production date

1977

Medium

silver gelatin print

Size (h x w)

187 x 230 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the artist, 2015

Accession no

2015/16/26

The Hibiscus Coast Project, Residents: Margaret Stevenson, Silverdale Museum

Maori war canoe, Auckland museum — Maori war canoe, Auckland museum

Josiah Martin

Production date

19th century

Medium

albumen print

Size (h x w)

152 x 204 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1973

Accession no

1973/17/4

Maori war canoe, Auckland museum

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil Isaiah 5:20 (Art Gallery opening) — Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil Isaiah 5:20 (Art Gallery openin...

Peter Bromhead

Production date

1976

Medium

ink on paper

Size (h x w)

209 x 183 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1976

Accession no

1976/54/3

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil Isaiah 5:20 (Art Gallery openin...

Melanesian Mission Museum, Mission Bay — Melanesian Mission Museum, Mission Bay

John Fields

Production date

circa 1971-circa 1972

Medium

black and white photograph

Size (h x w)

203 x 131 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of John Stacpoole and John Fields, 1983

Accession no

1983/11/49

Melanesian Mission Museum, Mission Bay

Couple in Ratana Museum, Ratana — Couple in Ratana Museum, Ratana

Ans Westra

Production date

1964

Medium

black and white photograph

Size (h x w)

270 x 253 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1985

Accession no

1985/5/2

Couple in Ratana Museum, Ratana

Early Settlers Museum, Dunedin — Early Settlers Museum, Dunedin

Ans Westra

On display

Production date

1971

Medium

black and white photograph

Size (h x w)

203 x 252 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1985

Accession no

1985/5/4

Early Settlers Museum, Dunedin

On display

Auckland Public Library and Art Gallery — Auckland Public Library and Art Gallery

Edward Payton

Production date

circa 1895

Medium

albumen silver photograph

Size (h x w)

148 x 200 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1993

Accession no

1993/30/2

Auckland Public Library and Art Gallery