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Hole of Yellow Archipelago
Hole of Yellow Archipelago

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Hole of Yellow Archipelago

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Modern Paints Aotearoa
Modern Paints Aotearoa

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Modern Paints Aotearoa

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

$10 – $15, Members and Children 12 and under FREE

Space to Dream: Recent Art from South America

$10 – $15, Members and Children 12 and under FREE

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The Walters Prize 2010
The Walters Prize 2010

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The Walters Prize 2010

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Everyday Minimal
Everyday Minimal

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Everyday Minimal

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Love Chief
Love Chief

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Love Chief

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Made Active: The Chartwell Show
Made Active: The Chartwell Show

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Made Active: The Chartwell Show

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The Walters Prize 2012
The Walters Prize 2012

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The Walters Prize 2012

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For Keeps
For Keeps

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For Keeps

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Denmark Design
Denmark Design

$12 early bird tickets available Book now

Denmark Design

$12 early bird tickets available Book now

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Hei konei mai: We'll meet again
Hei konei mai: We'll meet again

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Hei konei mai: We'll meet again

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'Switching Up – Painting Exploration' for 5 Year Olds
'Switching Up – Painting Exploration' for 5 Year Olds

10.30am–12.30pm

$18 Book now

Rocks of purple, pink and orange, fields of purple, mustard and pink. Vibrating triangles of white and black, and the arch of a brushstroke in orange and yellow. These descriptions of works in the exhibition Game Changers: International Modernism will help our 5-year-old participants explore their own painting experiments.

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'Switching Up – Painting Exploration' for 5 Year Olds
'Switching Up – Painting Exploration' for 5 Year Olds

10.30am–12.30pm

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Rocks of purple, pink and orange, fields of purple, mustard and pink. Vibrating triangles of white and black, and the arch of a brushstroke in orange and yellow. These descriptions of works in the exhibition Game Changers: International Modernism will help our 5-year-old participants explore their own painting experiments.  

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Cosmic worlds and asteroids for 6–8 year olds
Cosmic worlds and asteroids for 6–8 year olds

10.30am–12.30pm

SOLD OUT

Create your own cosmic world in this exciting workshop inspired by Judy Darragh’s sculpture Limbo and the Todd Foundation Creative Learning Centre installation Hole of Yellow ArchipelagoUsing everyday materials we will create a sculpture that is out of this world. 

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Cosmic worlds and asteroids for 6–8 year olds
Cosmic worlds and asteroids for 6–8 year olds

10.30am–12.30pm

$18 Book now

Create your own cosmic world in this exciting workshop inspired by Judy Darragh’s sculpture Limbo and the Todd Foundation Creative Learning Centre installation Hole of Yellow ArchipelagoUsing everyday materials we will create a sculpture that is out of this world. 

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Auckland Zinefest Market 2017
Auckland Zinefest Market 2017

12–5pm

Free

Auckland Zinefest, the annual non-profit festival celebrating zine culture and all things DIY, returns to Auckland Art Gallery's north atrium.  

Auckland Zinefest Market 2017

12–5pm

Free

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Mackelvie Society Lectures: Ben Nicholson, Piet Mondrian and the quest for precision
Mackelvie Society Lectures: Ben Nicholson, Piet Mondrian and the quest for preci...

7.30 – 8.30pm

Free, Gallery and Mackelvie Society Members only

Join Senior Curator of International Art, Dr Sophie Matthiesson as she reconstructs the artistic dialogue between Dutch abstract painter, Piet Mondrian and his younger British colleague, Ben Nicholson. Their relationship flourished in north London in late 1938, when the two friends worked side by side in neighbouring studios as the clouds of World War II gathered. Gallery and Mackelvie Society Members only. 

Mackelvie Society Lectures: Ben Nicholson, Piet Mondrian and the quest for preci...

7.30 – 8.30pm

Free, Gallery and Mackelvie Society Members only

Artworks

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Yellow Painting
Yellow Painting

Philip Trusttum

Production date
1968
Medium
oil on board
Size (h x w)
1283 x 818 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1969
Accession no
1969/18
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Some Los Angeles Apartments
Some Los Angeles Apartments

Ed Ruscha

Production date
1965
Medium
paper
Size (h x w)
179 x 142 x 8 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, transferred from the E H McCormick Research Library, gift of the artist, 1978
Accession no
2003/24/14
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Bubbles, Bubbles, Bubbles and Bubbles that POP
Bubbles, Bubbles, Bubbles and Bubbles that POP

Pauline Stella Sanchez

Production date
1994
Medium
cartoon colour and acrylic
Size (h x w)
660 x 483 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1996
Accession no
1995/22
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Bale
Bale

Steve Carr

Production date
2004
Medium
automotive paint and fibreglass
Size (h x w)
350 x 850 x 450 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2004
Accession no
C2004/1/3
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Dangerous Curves
Dangerous Curves

Niki Hastings-McFall

Production date
2001
Medium
reflective road sign vinyl and automotive paint on aluminium panels
Size (h x w)
1600 x 2400 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2001
Accession no
C2001/1/26/1-24
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Lattice 19/65
Lattice 19/65

Ian Scott

Production date
1979
Medium
screenprint
Size (h x w)
600 x 600 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1981
Accession no
1981/14
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No.13 Yellow Painting
No.13 Yellow Painting

Philip Trusttum

Production date
1971
Medium
oil on board
Size (h x w)
1420 x 1040 x 25 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr and Mrs A J Gibbs, 1994
Accession no
1994/1/15
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Samoan woman in yellow
Samoan woman in yellow

Louise Henderson

Production date
1954
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
627 x 1113 x 100 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2005
Accession no
2005/18
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Esula Village from a distance
Esula Village from a distance

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
C2003/1/36
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The Radio
The Radio

Philip Clairmont

Production date
circa 1972
Medium
oil on jute canvas
Size (h x w)
1545 x 987 x 48 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1984
Accession no
C1994/1/132
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Lattice No. 61
Lattice No. 61

Ian Scott

Production date
1979
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Size (h x w)
1145 x 1145 x 43 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1981
Accession no
1981/28
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Yellow and black landscape
Yellow and black landscape

Colin McCahon

Production date
1962
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
632 x 760 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, on loan from a private collection
Accession no
L1998/28/16
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Untitled
Untitled

Gordon Walters

Production date
1982
Medium
ink, watercolour
Size (h x w)
282 x 222 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the artist, 1984
Accession no
1984/50/2
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Blue and Yellow
Blue and Yellow

Gordon Walters

Production date
1967
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Size (h x w)
1825 x 1365 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of JB Gibbs Trust, 2015
Accession no
2015/30/6
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Spirit Level Yellow
Spirit Level Yellow

Simon Ingram

Production date
1997-2002
Medium
enamel on board
Size (h x w)
1682 x 1135 x 12 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2002
Accession no
C2002/1/12
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Sky Marble Arch 7
Sky Marble Arch 7

Rodney Fumpston

Production date
1975
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
508 x 457 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1977
Accession no
1977/14/2
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Flight
Flight

Ross Ritchie

Production date
1971
Medium
gouache and enamel
Size (h x w)
745 x 558 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1971
Accession no
1971/24/2
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Egypt three
Egypt three

Rodney Fumpston

Production date
Unknown
Medium
etching and aquatint
Size (h x w)
490 x 540 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1981
Accession no
1981/48
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Colored People
Colored People

Ed Ruscha

Production date
1972
Medium
paper
Size (h x w)
178 x 141 x 6 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, transferred from the E H McCormick Research Library, gift of the artist, 1978
Accession no
2003/24/7
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Fiona Connor - #1 Poster
Fiona Connor - #1 Poster

Fiona Connor

Production date
2018
Medium
matte paper poster
Size (h x w)
650 x 500 mm
Credit line
Fiona Connor Archive, E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Fiona Connor, 2020
Accession no
RC2013/4/18/1
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Sygil A
Sygil A

Sriwhana Spong

Production date
2017
Medium
indian yellow tartrazine, gum arabic, honey, saffron, water, mould
Size (h x w)
400 x 290 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2017
Accession no
C2017/1/3/4
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Three
Three

Ross Ritchie

Production date
1969
Medium
screenprint
Size (h x w)
433 x 433 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1970
Accession no
1970/25/1/3
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Banana
Banana

Hamish Keith

Production date
1968
Medium
silkscreen
Size (h x w)
755 x 533 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1968
Accession no
1968/36/12.1-5
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Hamish Keith's "Banana" - 60th Birthday edition
Hamish Keith's "Banana" - 60th Birthday edition

Dick Frizzell

Production date
1996
Medium
screenprint
Size (h x w)
763 x 540 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the artist, 1996
Accession no
1996/11
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Block Painting: Yellow Monochrome
Block Painting: Yellow Monochrome

John Nixon

Production date
1993
Medium
felt on cardboard
Size (h x w)
100 x 100 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the artist, 2014
Accession no
C2014/1/32/10
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Golden afternoon window
Golden afternoon window

Keith Patterson

Production date
1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
1537 x 825 x 65 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1960
Accession no
1960/20
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Spirit Level Painting
Spirit Level Painting

Simon Ingram

Production date
1996-2006
Medium
enamel on Hoop pine, 'Stabila' Spirit level
Size (h x w)
1200 x 1200 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2006
Accession no
C2006/1/13
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Yellow Cross
Yellow Cross

John Nixon

Production date
Unknown
Medium
enamel on cardboard (kunst-handwerk)
Size (h x w)
225 x 205 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the artist, 2014
Accession no
C2014/1/32/14
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Sygil B
Sygil B

Sriwhana Spong

Production date
2017
Medium
indian yellow tartrazine, gum arabic, honey, saffron, water, mould
Size (h x w)
400 x 290 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2017
Accession no
C2017/1/3/5
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Fish
Fish

William Scott

Production date
Unknown
Medium
colour lithograph
Size (h x w)
381 x 498 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Rex Nan Kivell, 1953
Accession no
1953/2/6
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Untitled [it chanced that several fine ...]
Untitled [it chanced that several fine ...]

Eduardo Paolozzi

Production date
1967
Medium
screenprint
Size (h x w)
254 x 381 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1968
Accession no
1968/26/34
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Set 42
Set 42

David Graham

Production date
1966
Medium
PVA on hardboard
Size (h x w)
1219 x 1219 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1967
Accession no
1967/23
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Pet Thang: 4
Pet Thang: 4

Tracey Moffatt

Production date
1991
Medium
C-type photographic print
Size (h x w)
1000 x 810 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2002
Accession no
C2002/1/8
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Frictionless painting (social colour)
Frictionless painting (social colour)

Simon Ingram

Production date
2003
Medium
oil on linen, 12 inch Apple G4 PowerBook, video (single channel, standard definition, 4:3, colour, silent)
Size (h x w)
46min 16sec
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2003
Accession no
C2003/1/10
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City series no. 7
City series no. 7

Agnes Wood

Production date
1973
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
900 x 900 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1973
Accession no
1973/10
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Volcano in suburbia
Volcano in suburbia

Pat Hanly

Production date
1974
Medium
intaglio, watercolour
Size (h x w)
515 x 510 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the artist, 1990
Accession no
1991/19/47
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Art Instruction Manuals
Art Instruction Manuals
Production date
1910-1966
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of John Perry, 2011
Accession no
RC2011/12
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Betty Curnow's Notes on Rita Angus
Betty Curnow's Notes on Rita Angus
Production date
Unknown
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Wystan Curnow, 2009
Accession no
RC2011/3
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Christine Hellyar Artist Books
Christine Hellyar Artist Books
Production date
1984-1991
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Christine Hellyar, 1998
Accession no
RC2003/3
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Dick Frizzell's Sketches
Dick Frizzell's Sketches
Production date
1997
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
RC2011/9
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Dr Walter Auburn Sotheby Catalogues
Dr Walter Auburn Sotheby Catalogues
Production date
1967-1976
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Dr Walter Auburn
Accession no
RC2003/13
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E H McCormick Papers
E H McCormick Papers
Production date
1890-1991
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Linda Gill, 2015
Accession no
RC2015/4
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Felix Kelly Archive
Felix Kelly Archive
Production date
circa 1916-2016
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Don Bassett, 2022
Accession no
RC2022/3
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Fiona Connor Archive
Fiona Connor Archive
Production date
2007-2020
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki (see archive item details for credit lines specific to each deposit)
Accession no
RC2013/4
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Giovanni Intra Archive
Giovanni Intra Archive
Production date
1977-1995
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, deposited by Barbara Intra
Accession no
RC2007/3
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Golden Evenings : the Art of Alfred Sharpe Exhibition
Golden Evenings : the Art of Alfred Sharpe Exhibition
Production date
1870-1908
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
RC2001/7
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Harvey Benge Photobooks
Harvey Benge Photobooks
Production date
1993-2020
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Harvey Benge, 2015
Accession no
RC2015/2
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John Reynolds Logos for the New Gallery
John Reynolds Logos for the New Gallery
Production date
1995
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of John Reynolds, 1995
Accession no
RC2010/7
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John Weeks Archive
John Weeks Archive
Production date
Unknown
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Estate of Peter O'Connor, 2010
Accession no
RC2010/1
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Louis John Steele Archive
Louis John Steele Archive
Production date
1881-1908
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of John Stacpoole, 2003
Accession no
RC2003/12
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Marti Friedlander Archive
Marti Friedlander Archive
Production date
1955-2017
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, on loan from the Gerrard and Marti Friedlander Charitable Trust, 2002
Accession no
RC2007/11
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May Smith Archive
May Smith Archive
Production date
1900-1988
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of May Smith Estate, 1991
Accession no
RC2002/3
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Otago Art Society Exhibition Records
Otago Art Society Exhibition Records
Production date
Unknown
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
RC2002/15
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Partridge Correspondence
Partridge Correspondence
Production date
1896-1930
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
RC2009/2
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Partridge's Belgian Relief Fund Documents
Partridge's Belgian Relief Fund Documents
Production date
1915
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Valerie Hill, 2009
Accession no
RC2009/5
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Rhona Haszard Scrapbook and Portrait Photograph
Rhona Haszard Scrapbook and Portrait Photograph
Production date
1926-1973
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Rhona Haszard Estate, 2004
Accession no
RC2005/1
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Roger Collins Frances Hodgkins Postcard Collection
Roger Collins Frances Hodgkins Postcard Collection
Production date
circa 1900-circa 1940
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Roger Collins, 2017
Accession no
RC2017/4
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Roger Collins Frances Hodgkins Resources
Roger Collins Frances Hodgkins Resources
Production date
1893-1949
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Roger Collins, 2017
Accession no
RC2017/5
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Rolfe Hattaway Drawings
Rolfe Hattaway Drawings
Production date
circa 1949
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Peter Sauerbier in memory of Theo Schoon, 2006
Accession no
RC2007/1
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The 1950s Show
The 1950s Show
Production date
Unknown
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
RC2001/2
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The Portraits of Joseph Merrett
The Portraits of Joseph Merrett
Production date
1983-1990
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
RC2001/20
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Tony Green Archive
Tony Green Archive
Production date
1950-2011
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Tony Green, 2011
Accession no
RC2011/15
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Women's Art Exhibition Posters
Women's Art Exhibition Posters
Production date
1979-1990
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Juliet Batten, 2008
Accession no
RC2008/4

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