JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 29 April 2025 / 10:00 am start
Catherine Manchester (1957-) 'I go go Jason' 1998,
Lot Details
oil on canvas, signed and dated '98 lower left and inscribed: ‘I go go Jason waterfalls listening to the rivers and the way they used 2 flow. I know you're gonna have it your way or’. 1015 x 1015mm. Illustrated Lorimer, Wayne, 'Spirits in the Material World', Art New Zealand No. 86, 1998, p.43. Provenance: Private collection, Auckland. Note: Catherine Manchester was born in Christchurch and graduated from the Dunedin Polytechnic School of Art in 1984. She was awarded the Rita Angus residency in Wellington in 1987 before embarking on a study trip to Europe. (Ferner Gallery).
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