Yellow

Date: 2012

Reference: Eph-E-EXHIBITION-2012-01

Description: Poster advertising a fashion and lingerie shows a photograph of a yellow masklike painted face emgerging from a dark background. The names of the sponsors are along the lower edge: Neonatal Trust, Mojo Coffee and Weta Workshop. Project Born was a lingerie fashion show, which included dance, drama, music, and creations from Weta Workshop. It was held in 2010 and again in 2012, when it was dedicated to the memory of two-year-old triplets Willsher, Jackson and Lillie Weekes, who were killed in 2012 when fire broke out in their creche in a shopping mall in Doha, Qatar. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 840 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated by Phantom Billstickers Ltd in December 2012

Date: 1998

From: Eyework Design & Production :[Ephemera and posters. 1988-2004]

Reference: Eph-E-EYEWORK-Literature

Description: Six yellow posters, each showing an image of a figure with spread paper wings, and featuring one of the letters of the word "Books" and one showing the whole word. Quantity: 6 Poster(s) and duplicates of each. Physical Description: Offset prints, 840 x 297 mm.

Date: 1983

From: [Posters advertising dance performances of 1983].

Reference: Eph-C-DANCE-1983-01

Description: Poster advertising a dance performance shows the logo of a striped figure half-kneeling in profile. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on card poster.. Physical Description: Relief print on yellow paper, 425 x 151 mm. Provenance: Donated in 1983.

Date: 2011

Reference: Eph-D-GREEN-2011-01

Description: Yellow poster shows an arrangement of text, with an illustration of a kiwi at top centre. The body of the kiwi is in the form of a QR code (Quick Response Code), a barcode that can be scanned to lead to a website with further relevant information. The same image on a blue poster was received at the same time. Two copies held, of both colours Other Titles - Hey Kiwi is an initiative of the Green Party to encourage young and overseas Kiwis to enrol to vote Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Digital print on poster, 580 x 415 mm.

Date: 2018

From: [Posters and other ephemera of A3 size relating to Maori issues. 2017-2018]

By: New Zealand. Māori Language Commission

Reference: Eph-C-MAORI-2018-01

Description: Poster printed in yellow and brown, showing a repeated background pattern of the words coffee and kawhe, cropped. The central circle shows the words "Order your coffee in Māori". Two copies held. The poster was originally published in 2017; and reprinted in 2018. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print in yellow and brown, 420 x 297 mm.

Date: 2006

From: Cam Bennett collection relating to New Zealand pop and rock music, and lesbian and gay dances. 1980-1990s]

By: City Gallery Wellington

Reference: Eph-C-ARTS-Bennett-2006-01

Description: Yellow poster showing a photograph of an origami bird shape, on a pattern background of stylised clouds. The verso contains an essay about the exhibition, by curator Sarah Farrar. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 420 x 295 mm.

Date: 1967

From: Boyce, Raymond Stanley, 1928-2019 :[Forty-seven sheets of costume and set design drawings for productions in Wellington by New Zealand Ballet, Downstage, New Zealand Opera, and the Puppet Theatre 1957-1969]

Reference: C-164-007

Description: Shows a design of a stage with two hanging yellow drapes. Two figures dance on a block and another plays with a hoop. Title is written on a paper frame wrapped and stuck to the thick card on which the image is painted. Other Titles - Scene Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour drawing on thick card, 432 x 628 mm.

Date: 1967

From: Boyce, Raymond Stanley, 1928-2019 :[Forty-seven sheets of costume and set design drawings for productions in Wellington by New Zealand Ballet, Downstage, New Zealand Opera, and the Puppet Theatre 1957-1969]

Reference: C-164-008

Description: Shows a design of a stage with hanging drapes and flats with circular designs in yellow and grey. Four dancers are sketched in the centre. Other Titles - Scene Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour drawing on thick card, 432 x 628 mm.

Date: 1902 - 1929

By: Goldie, Charles Frederick, 1870-1947; Scholfield, Leslie Norman, active 1926-1929; Christchurch Press Company Ltd

Reference: C-117-096

Description: Shows a head and shoulders portrait of an older Maori woman wearing a yellow scarf around her neck, a greenstone earring, and chin moko. She is smoking a pipe, and her eyes look downwards. The subject is Ina Te Papatahi, of Nga Puhi iwi. See a profile portrait made in 1902 of the same woman smoking, in Roger Blackley's "Goldie" (Auckland, 1997), page 97. She wears the same yellow scarf in this portrait. Text below the image reads: "Reproduced by courtesy of the Trustees of the late James Jamieson, Christchurch, from one of the collection given by him to the city of Christchurch. The painting will be housed with the rest of the collection in the new Art Gallery". Extended Title - Printed and published by Leslie Norman Scholfield of 72a Dyer's Pass Road, Cashmere, for the Christchurch Press Company Limited at its Registered Office, Cathedral Square, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, October 21st, 1929. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, image 362 x 475 mm, on sheet 460 x 600 mm. Provenance: Donated by Dr Jim Johnson, Coronado, California, in 1995.

Date: 1970 - 1982

By: Kodak New Zealand Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-PHOTO-1970s-01

Description: Yellow wallet envelope. Other wording on outside and inside panels includes: "Kodak, world leader in the photographic industry"; Kodak film the best film for your camera"; "Kodak cameras, film - the sign of quality!" This copy has annotations in ink on one side: Exhibition 1940 for Natalie from Colin Smith; 52 photos. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, on wallet envelope folded to 165 x 106 mm. Provenance: Donated by Colin Smith, Wellington, 2012 Transfers: Other material of the same provenance is housed at PAColl-9998.

Date: 1946

From: F M Winstone (Seeds) Ltd :Super seeds; home garden guide 1946. F M Winstone (Seeds) Ltd, Customs Street East, Auckland, PO Box 132. Wilson & Horton Ltd, Printers, Auckland [1946]

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Winstone-1946-01-i

Description: Shows an illustration of zinnias in shades of red, orange and yellow. Extended Title - From their "Super seeds; home garden guide 1946", preliminary page [i Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on page, 215 x 142 mm.

Date: 1960 - 1965

By: Tasman Empire Airways Ltd; Morgan, active 1960s

Reference: Eph-E-AVIATION-TEAL-1960-05

Description: Yellow poster showing passengers boarding a jet plane, seen from the right side of the tail end. A black and white TEAL advertisement showing the plane from a similar angle, is reproduced on the back cover of a programme for Harry Wren's "Starnight revue" 1963, at Eph-A-CABOT-Variety-1963. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Artist name]: Morgan Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 983 x 621 mm.

Date: 1961

By: Apple, Billy, 1935-2021

Reference: Eph-D-ARTS-1961-01

Description: Yellow poster by artist Barrie Bates (aka Billy Apple) advertises an art exhibition of Commonwealth artists, in London in 1961. Shows two tubes of paint with contents emptying; one paint is black, the other white. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 760 x 500 mm.

Date: 2008

From: Various artists: [Posters advertising performances by popular music groups, singers, musicians, and rock bands performing in New Zealand in 2008]

By: Andrew McManus Presents (Firm); Katchafire (Musical group)

Reference: Eph-D-MUSIC-Popular-2008-02

Description: Poster advertising a reggae music festival, is designed in Rastafarian colours red, yellow and green, with a logo at the top showing the silhouette of a lion, flanked by coconut palms and a vinyl disk at the centre of the word "Ragga/Muffin". Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Digital print, 595 x 420 mm.

Date: 1939 - 1940

Reference: Eph-E-AVIATION-TEAL-1940-02

Description: Poster shows at the top a four-engined aeroplane, number ZK-AMA "Aotearoa", seen from below as it flies over a globe of the world, with its route marked from Auckland to London via Australian cities. It travelled via Sydney, Brisbane, Townsville, Karumba, Groote Eylandt, Darwin, Koepang, Sourabaya, Bima, Batavia, Singapore, Penang, Bangkok, Rangoon, Akyab, Calcutta, Allahabad, Gwalior, Raj Samand, Karachi, Jimani, Sharjah, Dabai [Dubai], Bahrein, Basra, Lake Habbaniyeh, Tiberias, Alexandria, Athens, Rome, Marseilles, London. The route from South Africa to London is also marked but with no city names written in. The poster background is coloured yellow. Other Titles - TEAL Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 1000 x 643 mm.

Date: 1980 - 1989

From: [Box of individual alcohol labels for beer, wine and other alcoholic beverages]

By: New Zealand Breweries Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-ALCOHOL-Labels-NZB-1980s-01

Description: Yellow bottle label shows a red lion rampant in the centre beneath the word "Pilsener". The word "Lager" is in a central red panel. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print on label, 95 x 90 mm.

Date: 1967

By: Coolahan, Kate, 1929-

Reference: Eph-D-COSTUME-1967-01

Description: Poster with yellow background shows an illustration of five fashionably dress men and women in summery leisurewear. Two women stand at the left, two men in the right background, and one woman sits in the right foreground. Illustrated in Hamish Thompson's "Paste up" (2003), page 106. This source provides attribution and date. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 745 x 494 mm.

Date: 1955

By: F Darvill Ltd

Reference: Eph-D-RUGBY-1955-01

Description: Yellow poster announcing rugby union matches to be played at Taumarunui Domain shows an arrangement of text and an illustration of one rugby player tackling another at lower left. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 570 x 445 mm.

Date: 1938 - 1955

From: Venables Willis Ltd (Napier) :[Four screenprinted display cards for Westend cigarettes. 1940-1950s]

Reference: Eph-F-TOBACCO-1940s-04

Description: Display card shows a smiling Dalmatian dog wagging its tail as it sits outside its kennel. The card is bright yellow. Other Titles - Tenpence; ten pennies, pence Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screen print on thick card, 370 x 245 mm.

Date: 1975

By: MacDiarmid, Rod, active 1975?

Reference: Eph-D-VARIETY-1975-01

Description: Poster advertising a university campus tour by the music and performance group BLERTA led by Bruno Lawrence, shows the yellow BLERTA bus with the neck of a guitar sticking out one window, and a movie camera mounted on the roof. Below is the itinerary of the tour as follows: Wednesday April 30, Auckland Teachers College - lunch hour Friday May 2, Auckland University Cafeteria Saturday May 3 Hamilton Teachers College Hall Sunday May 4, Palmerston North - University Woolroom Monday May 5, Wellington Teachers College - lunch hour Tuesday May 6, Christchurch - Ilam Ballroom (capping) Friday May 9, Christchurch - Ilam Ballroom (public) Sunday May 11, Dunedin - University Union Hall Friday May 23, Wellington - University Union Hall Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 620 x 420 mm.