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CHARLES FREDERICK GOLDIE - In Doubt, Ina Te Papatahi, Orakei Pah, 1913
Estimate:
$400,000 - $600,000
Passed
Live Auction
Important & Rare Art
Size
20.5 x 15 cm
Description
Oil on canvas
Condition
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Signature
Signed & dated 1913
Provenance
Private Collection, Auckland
Literature
Ina te Papatahi was the niece of prominent Ngāpuhi rangatira (chiefs) Eruera Maihi Patuone and Tāmati Waka Nene, both signatories of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi. She lived at the Waipapa Māori hostel in Mechanics Bay, Auckland, not far from Charles Goldie’s Hobson Street studio.
Ina te Papatahi regularly sat for Goldie and his students – among them Maud Burge – in the most bohemian studio south of the line. Goldie’s studio, draped with Persian rugs and crammed with paintings, palms, chairs and bric-à-brac, became an important meeting place. A journalist described it as the most artistic studio south of the line. Goldie maintained a demanding painting schedule and exhibited new works every year until 1919.
Goldie would complete numerous portraits of Ina te Papatahi and she was later remembered by Goldie’s friend, the writer and historian James Cowan, for her very likeable nature, keen sense of humour and the great interest [she took] in the painting of her portrait.
Ina te Papatahi regularly sat for Goldie and his students – among them Maud Burge – in the most bohemian studio south of the line. Goldie’s studio, draped with Persian rugs and crammed with paintings, palms, chairs and bric-à-brac, became an important meeting place. A journalist described it as the most artistic studio south of the line. Goldie maintained a demanding painting schedule and exhibited new works every year until 1919.
Goldie would complete numerous portraits of Ina te Papatahi and she was later remembered by Goldie’s friend, the writer and historian James Cowan, for her very likeable nature, keen sense of humour and the great interest [she took] in the painting of her portrait.
