JEWELLERY, ANTIQUE & ART AUCTION Tuesday, 25 February 2020 - 10:00 AM start
Peter McIntyre (1910-1995)
Realised: $8,250 plus premium
Lot Details
‘Peter McIntyre, Camouflage dugouts, NZ Division HQ at Baggush, 13 March 1942’, graphite on paper, signed, 490 x 590mm. Provenance: Gifted to a friend of the artist, a military collector. Note: McIntyre was one of four official war artists for the NZ Division in WWII, he completed many portraits of NZ heroes, military strategies and a noted series on the life of a New Zealand soldier, both in the frontlines and in the rear areas, of which this work is from. Illustrated: 'Peter McIntyre War Artist' by Peter McIntyre, 1981. Pg.102. This work is a preparatory sketch for a watercolour held in the collection of Archives New Zealand.
