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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: Sāmoan Language Week

Malosi (Strength) — Malosi (Strength)

Ioane Ioane

Production date

1997

Medium

Douglas fir, oregon pine and slate

Size (h x w)

2100 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased in 1997

Accession no

1997/2

Malosi (Strength)

Self-portrait with side of pe'a, Basque Road, Newton Gully — Self-portrait with side of pe'a, Basque Road, Newton Gully

Greg Semu

Production date

1995

Medium

gelatin silver print, toned with gold and selenium

Size (h x w)

610 x 508 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1996

Accession no

1995/20/9

Self-portrait with side of pe'a, Basque Road, Newton Gully

DPM2 — DPM2

Graham Fletcher

Production date

2001

Medium

enamel on tapa canvas

Size (h x w)

1600 x 2400 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2001

Accession no

2001/24

DPM2

Graham Fletcher

La'a La'a Luga le Fanua o le Mata (A Look through My Eyelands) — La'a La'a Luga le Fanua o le Mata (A Look through My Eyelands)

Rosanna Raymond

Production date

1996

Medium

gelatin silver print, ink

Size (h x w)

505 x 430 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1998

Accession no

1998/21

La'a La'a Luga le Fanua o le Mata (A Look through My Eyelands)

Rosanna Raymond

Wikitoria's Room — Wikitoria's Room

Lonnie Hutchinson

Production date

2001

Medium

builder's paper, plastic and MDF board

Size (h x w)

3000 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery, Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2001

Accession no

2001/43/1-8

Wikitoria's Room

Lonnie Hutchinson

Masina le sogi (Moon scent) — Masina le sogi (Moon scent)

Fatu Feu'u

Production date

1997

Medium

oil and oil stick on canvas

Size (h x w)

1460 x 1710 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1997

Accession no

1997/29

Masina le sogi (Moon scent)

Nuclear Rosary - White Sunday — Nuclear Rosary - White Sunday

Niki Hastings-McFall

Production date

1999

Medium

plastic flowers, rosary beads, crucifix, sterling silver and fishing line

Size (h x w)

1120 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2000

Accession no

2000/31/1

Nuclear Rosary - White Sunday

Niki Hastings-McFall

The High chief and His Subjects — The High chief and His Subjects

Shigeyuki Kihara

Production date

2003

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

507 x 610 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2012

Accession no

2012/25/3

The High chief and His Subjects

Shigeyuki Kihara

So'omuta Village — So'omuta Village

Andy Leleisi'uao

Production date

2003

Medium

acrylic on canvas

Size (h x w)

330 x 240 mm

Credit line

Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2003

Accession no

C2003/1/35

So'omuta Village

Andy Leleisi'uao

Fa’amalea Heads — Fa’amalea Heads

Andy Leleisi'uao

Production date

2008

Medium

acrylic on canvas

Size (h x w)

1030 x 770 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery, 2009

Accession no

2009/10/2

Fa’amalea Heads

Andy Leleisi'uao

Milk and Honey — Milk and Honey

Lonnie Hutchinson

Production date

2012

Medium

builders paper, metal pins

Size (h x w)

3000 x 3000 mm

Credit line

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

Accession no

C2012/1/33.1-3

Milk and Honey

Lonnie Hutchinson

Hendo — Hendo

Edith Amituanai

Production date

2011

Medium

pigment inkjet print

Size (h x w)

675 x 872 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2012

Accession no

2012/11/2

Hendo

Edith Amituanai

Online Collection: New Zealand Music Month

Tua Whitu — Tua Whitu

Michael Parekōwhai

Production date

1999

Medium

custom-made ‘Patriot’ semi-acoustic jazz guitar, maple, spruce, rewarewa, kauri, ebony and paua

Size (h x w)

1200 x 570 x 500 mm

Credit line

Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2001

Accession no

C2001/1/5.1-4

Tua Whitu

Michael Parekōwhai

3 Pieces from Gung Ho 1, 2, 3D — 3 Pieces from Gung Ho 1, 2, 3D

Phil Dadson

Production date

circa 1982

Medium

12 inch vinyl record with cardboard cover and paper insert

Size (h x w)

305 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2004

Accession no

2004/17/2

3 Pieces from Gung Ho 1, 2, 3D

The Story of a New Zealand River — The Story of a New Zealand River

Michael Parekōwhai

Production date

2001

Medium

paua, capiz, lacquer and wood on a concert grand piano

Size (h x w)

1015 x 1580 x 2725 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Thanksgiving Foundation, 2023

Accession no

2023/8/1

The Story of a New Zealand River

Michael Parekōwhai

Still Life with Guitar, Bottle of Bass and Fruit — Still Life with Guitar, Bottle of Bass and Fruit

Henri Hayden

Production date

1918

Medium

oil on canvas

Size (h x w)

1010 x 740 x 41 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1958

Accession no

1958/1

Still Life with Guitar, Bottle of Bass and Fruit

Drum — Drum

Tom Risley

Production date

1984

Medium

metal car bonnets and pop rivets

Size (h x w)

1204 x 1040 x 1040 mm

Credit line

Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1988

Accession no

C1994/1/281

Drum

(Man playing violin) — (Man playing violin)

Geoff W Perry

Production date

Unknown

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

277 x 362 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/104

(Man playing violin)

The Drivers — The Drivers

Julian Dashper

Production date

1992

Medium

enamel on drumhead with drumkit

Size (h x w)

1250 x 1500 x 1500 mm

Credit line

Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2001

Accession no

C2001/1/27/1

The Drivers

Black Monochrome With Violin — Black Monochrome With Violin

John Nixon

Production date

1993

Medium

enamel and violin on hardboard

Size (h x w)

1800 x 1200 x 150 mm

Credit line

Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1997

Accession no

C1997/1/21

Black Monochrome With Violin

The Flute Player — The Flute Player

Ludolph Busing Georges Lallemand

Production date

1620-1640

Medium

chiaroscuro woodcut

Size (h x w)

258 x 210 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1981

Accession no

1981/50/28

The Flute Player

Ludolph Busing Georges Lallemand

Feedback — Feedback

Clinton Watkins

Production date

2011

Medium

single channel video, standard definition (SD), 4:3, colour, silent

Size (h x w)

40sec

Credit line

Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2011

Accession no

C2011/1/53

Feedback

Clinton Watkins

(Man playing cello) — (Man playing cello)

Geoff W Perry

Production date

Unknown

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

366 x 275 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/86

(Man playing cello)

Untitled [The Piano Lesson] — Untitled [The Piano Lesson]

Frances Hodgkins

Production date

circa 1911

Medium

watercolour and charcoal

Size (h x w)

780 x 845 x 33 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2007

Accession no

2007/8/5

Untitled [The Piano Lesson]

Frances Hodgkins

Online Collection: Rain Rain Go Away

Wet Afternoon — Wet Afternoon

Ethel Spowers

Production date

1930

Medium

linocut

Size (h x w)

240 x 202 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Rex Nan Kivell, 1953

Accession no

1953/2/136

Wet Afternoon

Pattern inspired by rain — Pattern inspired by rain

A Lois White

On display

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

On display

Rainy day — Rainy day

Paul Hartigan

Production date

1972

Medium

lithograph

Size (h x w)

406 x 256 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr Malcolm Ross, 1983

Accession no

1983/8/2

Rainy day

Rain clouds — Rain clouds

Richard Killeen

Production date

1997

Medium

acrylic and gesso on aluminium

Size (h x w)

680 x 1140 mm

Credit line

Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1997

Accession no

C1997/1/25/1-165

Rain clouds

Richard Killeen

After rain — After rain

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1952

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

351 x 284 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/12

After rain

Rain, rain — Rain, rain

John Coley

Production date

1968

Medium

silkscreen

Size (h x w)

762 x 571 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1968

Accession no

1968/36/4

Rain, rain

Morning after rain — Morning after rain

Frank Wright

Production date

1912

Medium

oil on canvas

Size (h x w)

603 x 905 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Auckland Picture Purchase Fund, 1912

Accession no

1912/9/7

Morning after rain

After Rain, Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand — After Rain, Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand

William Hodgkins

Production date

1896

Medium

watercolour

Size (h x w)

274 x 527 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1962

Accession no

1962/5/2

After Rain, Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand

William Hodgkins

Rain coal and wood — Rain coal and wood

Eileen Mayo

Production date

circa 1975-circa 1977

Medium

woodblock

Size (h x w)

330 x 530 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1981

Accession no

1981/36

Rain coal and wood

The Strand, Parnell, Auckland — The Strand, Parnell, Auckland

Gary Baigent

Production date

1964

Medium

black and white photograph

Size (h x w)

155 x 235 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Gary Baigent, 1997

Accession no

1997/13/3

The Strand, Parnell, Auckland

Rotoiti — Rotoiti

John Tole

Production date

circa 1948-circa 1951

Medium

oil on board

Size (h x w)

452 x 510 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with funds from the William James Jobson Trust, 1951

Accession no

1951/12/1

Rotoiti