Len Casbolt's Photography: From Soft Focus to Sharp Vision

Sat 6 Feb 2016 — Sun 31 Jul 2016

Len Casbolt's Photography: From Soft Focus to Sharp Vision

Exhibition Details

Lennard Casbolt was a pioneering practitioner of Pictorialism, a photographic style that mirrors the effects of painting through dramatic use of light and composition, and via the evocation of mood. Browse this selection of photographs that conveys the artist's life's work to gain an understanding of his role at the forefront of art photography in post-WWI New Zealand. Trace the effect of modern art practices on Casbolt, as his early painterly style gave way to photographs whose focus is sharper and whose subjects are urban. Experience the development of a long artistic career influenced by dramatic shifts in taste, technique and technology.

Date: Sat 6 Feb 2016 — Sun 31 Jul 2016
Curated by: Ron Brownson
Location: Upper Grey Gallery, Level 1
Cost: Free entry

Related artworks

Family group — Family group

Len Casbolt

Production date

1956

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

243 x 198 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/69

Family group

Untitled [Woman on beach] — Untitled [Woman on beach]

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1950s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

237 x 188 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/119

Untitled [Woman on beach]

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

Untitled [Man with cameras] — Untitled [Man with cameras]

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1950s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

365 x 288 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/113

Untitled [Man with cameras]

Untitled [Man and shadow] — Untitled [Man and shadow]

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1940s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

309 x 238 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/120

Untitled [Man and shadow]

Untitled [Profile portrait]

Production date: circa 1945-circa 1955
Medium: gelatin silver print
Size (h x w): 200 x 251 mm
Credit line: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010
Accession no: 2010/14/44

Untitled [Profile portrait]

Untitled [Railway tracks] — Untitled [Railway tracks]

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1960s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

169 x 240 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/115

Untitled [Railway tracks]

Untitled [Selwyn Len Davies] — Untitled [Selwyn Len Davies]

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1940s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

202 x 153 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/125

Untitled [Selwyn Len Davies]

Untitled [Selwyn Len Davies] — Untitled [Selwyn Len Davies]

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1940s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

383 x 307 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/30

Untitled [Selwyn Len Davies]

Untitled [Smoker] — Untitled [Smoker]

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1955-circa 1965

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

356 x 290 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/29

Untitled [Smoker]

Looking Back [Selwyn Len Davies] — Looking Back [Selwyn Len Davies]

Len Casbolt

Production date

1937

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

309 x 237 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/130

Looking Back [Selwyn Len Davies]

Untitled [Farm implement] — Untitled [Farm implement]

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1950s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

287 x 303 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/35

Untitled [Farm implement]

Untitled [Trees and fence] — Untitled [Trees and fence]

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1970s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

355 x 284 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/66

Untitled [Trees and fence]

Untitled [Telephone pole] — Untitled [Telephone pole]

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1940s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

293 x 238 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/26

Untitled [Telephone pole]

Untitled [Three schoolboys] — Untitled [Three schoolboys]

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1940s

Medium

photograph

Size (h x w)

212 x 173 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/51

Untitled [Three schoolboys]

Untitled [Wheat] — Untitled [Wheat]

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1960s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

295 x 373 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/128

Untitled [Wheat]

Untitled [Willows, Avon River] — Untitled [Willows, Avon River]

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1940s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

286 x 342 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/6

Untitled [Willows, Avon River]

Untitled [Railing and shadows] — Untitled [Railing and shadows]

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1950s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

158 x 190 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/114

Untitled [Railing and shadows]

Blue gums — Blue gums

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1940s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

385 x 311 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/23

Blue gums

Carnival — Carnival

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1950s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

294 x 245 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/25

Carnival

The chorus — The chorus

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1955-circa 1965

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

310 x 254 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/123

The chorus

Day dreams — Day dreams

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1935-circa 1945

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

365 x 287 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/31

Day dreams

Debate — Debate

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1938

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

310 x 224 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/45

Debate

Discontent — Discontent

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1954

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

373 x 300 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/15

Discontent

En route — En route

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1950s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

160 x 206 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/127

En route

Flight — Flight

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1947

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

350 x 288 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/19

Flight

Flower girl — Flower girl

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1945

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

298 x 238 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/126

Flower girl

Frustration — Frustration

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1955

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

251 x 365 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/27

Frustration

The future — The future

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1945-circa 1955

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

307 x 234 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/17

The future

Gossip — Gossip

Len Casbolt

Production date

1930

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

168 x 233 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/74

Gossip

Health and Beauty - High Jinks — Health and Beauty - High Jinks

Len Casbolt

Production date

1940

Medium

bromoil print

Size (h x w)

234 x 311 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/78

Health and Beauty - High Jinks

House, Nelson — House, Nelson

Len Casbolt

Production date

1972

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

407 x 506 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/10

House, Nelson

Invocation (Joan Gracie's Grecian Dancers) — Invocation (Joan Gracie's Grecian Dancers)

Len Casbolt

Production date

1943

Medium

bromoil print

Size (h x w)

160 x 240 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/77

Invocation (Joan Gracie's Grecian Dancers)

Invocation — Invocation

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1940s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

302 x 231 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/75

Invocation

Untitled [Face and flower] — Untitled [Face and flower]

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1960s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

156 x 201 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/38

Untitled [Face and flower]

Noises in the night — Noises in the night

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1965

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

275 x 357 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/62

Noises in the night

Photogram 1 (Dandelion seeds) — Photogram 1 (Dandelion seeds)

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1960s-circa 1970s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

287 x 373 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/67

Photogram 1 (Dandelion seeds)

Photogram 5 — Photogram 5

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1960s-circa 1970s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

285 x 377 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/129

Photogram 5

Playground of the winds (New Brighton Beach) — Playground of the winds (New Brighton Beach)

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1935

Medium

bromoil print

Size (h x w)

261 x 350 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/20

Playground of the winds (New Brighton Beach)

Sheila II — Sheila II

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1970s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

375 x 280 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/79

Sheila II

Solitude — Solitude

Len Casbolt

Production date

1951

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

375 x 300 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/53

Solitude

Spring — Spring

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1945-circa 1955

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

273 x 331 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/60

Spring

Straight lines and curves — Straight lines and curves

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1955-circa 1965

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

247 x 295 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/57

Straight lines and curves

The thrower — The thrower

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1940s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

305 x 390 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/11

The thrower

White shoes — White shoes

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1975-circa 1985

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

179 x 293 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/39

White shoes

Wind woven — Wind woven

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1950s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

283 x 290 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/34

Wind woven

Construction — Construction

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1955-circa 1965

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

233 x 336 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/55

Construction

Untitled [Speedboat] — Untitled [Speedboat]

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1940s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

288 x 241 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/118

Untitled [Speedboat]

Man and monster (Man and bulldozer) — Man and monster (Man and bulldozer)

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1945-circa 1955

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

290 x 366 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/24

Man and monster (Man and bulldozer)

Perplexed — Perplexed

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1950s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

370 x 297 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/43

Perplexed

Lines and spots — Lines and spots

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1955-circa 1965

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

357 x 289 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/33

Lines and spots

Life line — Life line

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1955-circa 1965

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

364 x 289 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/13

Life line

Untitled [Three poplars] — Untitled [Three poplars]

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1940s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

230 x 300 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/46

Untitled [Three poplars]

Story teller — Story teller

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1940s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

300 x 372 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/70

Story teller

Deep thinking — Deep thinking

Len Casbolt

Production date

1956

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

245 x 170 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/16

Deep thinking

The chorus — The chorus

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1955-circa 1965

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

305 x 283 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/58

The chorus

Sunshine and sand — Sunshine and sand

Len Casbolt

Production date

1934

Medium

bromoil print

Size (h x w)

206 x 286 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/22

Sunshine and sand

Toward Evening (Red Cliffs) — Toward Evening (Red Cliffs)

Len Casbolt

Production date

1940

Medium

bromoil photograph

Size (h x w)

228 x 297 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/2

Toward Evening (Red Cliffs)

6.15 pm — 6.15 pm

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1950

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

255 x 240 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/1

6.15 pm

Long distance — Long distance

Len Casbolt

Production date

circa 1950

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

255 x 344 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/4

Long distance

Len Franzman — Len Franzman

Len Casbolt

Production date

late 1950s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

340 x 270 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/14/41

Len Franzman