RON BROWNSON ESTATE AUCTION 1 Tuesday, 4 November 2025 / 10:00 am start
John Ioane (1962-) 'Please',
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Cat. Note/Ref.: RDB observed that 'Ioane's attitude to sculptural process is cosmological - his carvings bind present reality with a representation of the past. For him, carving is nature's transformative energy revelling in its own fecundity.' Ron Brownson, 'Ioane Ioane', in Ron Brown et al., Home AKL: artists of Pacific heritage in Auckland (Auckland: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2012), p. 43. Title: 'Please' Medium: shellac/dye/Oregon pine on metal stand Origin/Date: New Zealand, 1998 250.0 x 35.0 x 10cm
