JEWELLERY, ANTIQUE AND ART AUCTION Tuesday, 12 November 2019 - 10:00 AM start
Peter A. Read (1923-81)
Realised: $450 plus premium
Lot Details
'The Entrapment of Man', acrylic on paper, signed and dated 1960. 615 x 440mm. Note: Peter A. Read, a N.Z. television presenter was known as the 'People's Astronomer'. During the 1960s and 70s he presented a monthly television series 'The Night Sky', this introduced thousands of New Zealanders to astronomy.
