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TEUANE TIBBO - Untitled
Estimate:
$20,000 - $30,000
Sold
$20,000
Live Auction
IMPORTANT & RARE ART
ARTIST
TEUANE TIBBO (1895 - 1984)
Size
61 x 73.5 cm
Description
Oil on board
Provenance
Malcolm McNeill Collection
Ex Collection for Rodney Kennedy
Exhibited
WORKS FROM THE MALCOLM MCNEILL COLLECTION
LOTS 8 - 14
Malcolm Ivan McNeill (b.1945) is a Christchurch based jazz singer. In the early 1970s he lived and worked in England. During this time he toured with friends and jazz greats, John Dankworth and his singer wife Cleo Laine. Malcom has sung and recorded with a range of international performers including Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. He has recorded with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and has released nine studio albums. In 1990 he received the Commemoration Medal for services to Music and the Trust Bank Excellence Award. His love of music has long been accompanied by a love of art, resulting in a collection of works acquired over 50 years. Teuane Tibbo is best known for her colourful depictions of everyday life from her childhood in Samoa. Born in 1895 in Pago Pago, Samoa, she later lived in Fiji as an adult before moving to Auckland in 1945. She began painting in the 1960s without any formal training. Pat Hanly introduced Tibbo to Barry Lett, who became her dealer and exhibited her works at Barry Lett Galleries. Her first solo exhibition opened in 1964. Her work is held in the permanent collections of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, The University of Auckland and the National Gallery of Australia. Since her death in 1984, at the age of 94, she has been included in significant surveys of Pacific art and in 2001 was the subject of the retrospective exhibition, Keep it in the Heart: The Paintings of Teuane Tibbo at Lopdell House, Auckland.
Malcolm Ivan McNeill (b.1945) is a Christchurch based jazz singer. In the early 1970s he lived and worked in England. During this time he toured with friends and jazz greats, John Dankworth and his singer wife Cleo Laine. Malcom has sung and recorded with a range of international performers including Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. He has recorded with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and has released nine studio albums. In 1990 he received the Commemoration Medal for services to Music and the Trust Bank Excellence Award. His love of music has long been accompanied by a love of art, resulting in a collection of works acquired over 50 years. Teuane Tibbo is best known for her colourful depictions of everyday life from her childhood in Samoa. Born in 1895 in Pago Pago, Samoa, she later lived in Fiji as an adult before moving to Auckland in 1945. She began painting in the 1960s without any formal training. Pat Hanly introduced Tibbo to Barry Lett, who became her dealer and exhibited her works at Barry Lett Galleries. Her first solo exhibition opened in 1964. Her work is held in the permanent collections of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, The University of Auckland and the National Gallery of Australia. Since her death in 1984, at the age of 94, she has been included in significant surveys of Pacific art and in 2001 was the subject of the retrospective exhibition, Keep it in the Heart: The Paintings of Teuane Tibbo at Lopdell House, Auckland.
