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Portrait of Colin McCahon.
19 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken Library. McCahon writes: "Doris Lusk. Portrait of C. McC. oil Unsigned & untitled. Late 30s in her Dunedin studio.Above U.F.S. Dispensary opposit City Hotel. c. 17 x 14 Blue Harris tweed coat by H.B.…
Return to Otago. Sept. 1987.
Verso composite board backing in felt pen, artist’s hand: Return to Otago. Sept. 1987. Doris Lusk. Oil on canvas; label verso in ballpoint pen, inscribed for donor by Noel Ginn: Return to Dunedin. Series of Doris Lusk paintings. Portrait of Anne…
William Collinson.
Label verso in ball point pen: Doris Lusk. William Collinson. 1434
Rita Cook [Rita Angus].
Lower right (l.r.): D.K. MacDiarmid ’45
Sketch for Window.
McCahon felt that the design was: 'a bit too easy'. McCahon gave this sketch to Brown when helping him in his Crummer Road studio during 1979.
The Blessed Virgin compared to a jug of pure water and the infant Jesus to a lamp.
Married and living with his wife and young son near Nelson in 1946-48, McCahon turned from depicting landscapes to Christian imagery. By synthesizing disparate elements - portraiture, still life and symbolism (the lamp and jug) with words McCahon…
Kauri trees.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: McCahon April 54; verso in ballpoint: [framing instructions].
Lyttelton Harbour.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: E. Polson; verso in pencil in Brasch
At sea.
Lower right (l.r.): Rita Angus.
Tags: Image, Oil paintings, Ships, Still Image, Twentieth century, Women, Works of Art
Charlton Edgar.
Lower right (l.r.) with pen & ink: R.N.Field
[Scene from a play.]
Verso with brush: D. Lusk; verso in various media: [various inscriptions]
Tags: Design, Image, Oil paintings, Still Image, Theater, Twentieth century, Works of Art
Self portrait.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: D. Lusk 1964; verso backing board: Self portrait 1954 [retraced to read] 1964 Doris Lusk Christchurch; stamp: A.J. Hall Ltd
Evening light, Anderson’s Bay, Dunedin.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: James M. Nairn; verso frame in pencil in Brasch’s hand: J.M. Nairn; verso frame in ballpoint pen: Nisbet [framing instructions]
Smiling woman.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: James M. Nairn; verso frame in pencil in Brasch’s hand: J.M. Nairn; verso frame in ballpoint pen: Nisbet [framing instructions]
Game of chess, Ralph Hotere.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: JP 70 [circled] ; verso in pencil: XVI (V) 10 x 8
Game of chess, Ralph Hotere.
Upper right (u.r.) in pencil: JP 70 [circled] ; verso in pencil: XVI (VI) 14 x 10
Seated figure.
Margin below image in Dr Brasch’s hand: Joanna Paul 1969
Jeffrey.
Verso in chalk: Jeffrey 72n
Self portrait.
Lower right (l.r.) with brush: Rita Angus
Titahi Bay.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: Titahi Bay W.G. Baker
Rothmans Consulate filter-tipped Virginia.
Lantern slide used for cinema advertising.
Aircell an Onehunga product.
Lantern slide used for cinema advertising.