Brown, Nigel Roderick, 1949-

Artist. A painter who was born in Invercargill, he grew up in Tauranga. Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Auckland 1971. Exhibited Wellington and Auckland, from about 1975, one of his first galleries being the Barry Lett Gallery, Auckland.

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New Zealand Visual Artists Against Nuclear Arms: VAANA; packet of eight cards [with yel...

Date: 1984

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to nuclear weapons, nuclear power, anti-nuclear protests]

By: Bartlett, Margaret Lawlor, 1931-; Baxter, George, active 1984; Brown, Nigel Roderick, 1949-; Eaden, John Matthew, 1950-; Eyley, Claudia Pond, 1946-; Grimsdale, Murray Stanley Gordon, 1943-; Szirmay, Marte, 1946-; Visual Artists Against Nuclear Arms

Reference: Eph-A-NUCLEAR-1984-03-1/8

Description: One of two different sets of eight postcards. This one has a white slip with the title written on it: 1. George Baxter. Official ballot: Yes let's have a nuclear war, I'm sick of waiting; No I'd rather wait a bit longer 2. Nigel Brown. Children need a future, not nuclear arms! 3. Nigel Brown. Death; Life 4. John Eaden. Nuclear free 5. M[urray] Grimsdale. All I can say is give peace a chance 6. Margaret Lawlor-Bartlett. Peace 7. Claudia Pond-Eyley. "Northead protest". Let the world be nuclear free 8. Marté Szirmay. Nuclear free Pacific nuclear free Quantity: 8 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Black and white offset(?) prints, on cards 150 x 105 mm, plus white title sheet

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Brown, Nigel, 1949- :Coromandel calling. Peninsula Watchdog, Box 51, Coromandel. Reprod...

Date: 1989

From: [Posters concerning the environment and environmental protection. 1984-1989].

By: Brown, Nigel Roderick, 1949-; Coromandel Peninsula Watchdog; Pringle, Michael James, 1962-

Reference: Eph-C-ENVIRONMENT-1989-01

Description: Poster featuring a Nigel Brown woodcut showing two figures looking at a waterfall flanked by nikau palms. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster 490 x 335 mm. Provenance: One copy donated by Michael Pringle, Wellington, in 2016.

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VAANA Poster Project for a Nuclear Free Pacific :[Seven posters. 1987].

Date: 1987

From: [Posters concerning nuclear disarmament, nuclear weapons testing, nuclear warships visits and protests against nuclear weapons and power. 1983-1989].

By: Brown, Nigel Roderick, 1949-; Cameron, Miriam, active 1980; Eyley, Claudia Pond, 1946-; Bartlett, Margaret Lawlor, 1931-; Rodgers, Maria, active 1987; Baden, John, active 1987; Collins, Marie, active 1987

Reference: Eph-C-NUCLEAR-1987-01/07

Description: Includes: 1. Brown, Nigel. World continue nuclear free. 1987. 2. Cameron, Miriam. Peaceful Pacific, nuclear free Aotearoa. 1987. 3. Collins, Marie. Care of the earth. 1987. 4. Baden, John. [Shells]. 1987. 5. Eyley, Claudia Pond. Joker; the last card. 1987. 6. Bartlett, Lawlor. We can stop this nuclear dance of death. 1987. 7. Rodgers, Maria. The sun shines on this nuclear free land. 1987. Quantity: 7 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on posters.. Physical Description: Relief prints, 420 x 298 mm. Provenance: Donated by Nicky Hager in 1998.

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Scrapbook

Date: Oct 1985-16 Mar 2010

From: Mason, Helen Wilmot, 1915-2014: Collection

Reference: fMS-Papers-11191-1

Description: Scrapbook containing mainly newspaper clippings relating to local Hawkes Bay news as well as arts and literature; clippings include review of 'Porangahau - the land, the sea, the people, the taonga', review and article on Rhonda Grieg's children's book 'Noah's calf', articles relating to a pottery workshop and an auction at Waiohiki Creative Arts Village, and an obituary for Mason's son Andrew. Also contains the typescript of an obituary for Shigenori (Itoh) Kohda by Grieg, photographs of water fountains made by Mason and of an exhibition featuring Nigel Brown and another at Mahara Gallery (Waikane) [Sue Skerman's work ?], a Driving Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Trust newsletter, invitation to Helen Mason's 70th birthday party, and a poem by Eric Amundsen (written at Driving Creek Railway). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, printed matter, typescripts

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Goethe-Institut Wellington :[Posters by various artists, including the "Germany in mind...

Date: 1988 - 1992

By: Goethe-Institut Wellington

Reference: Eph-D-GOETHE-1988/1992

Description: Posters by notable New Zealand artists, illustrating poems or themes relating to Germany. Includes: 1988: Nicola Jackson. Self portrait with Germany in mind (2 copies) 1989: Basia Smolnicki. Germany in mind (2 copies) 1989: Gregory O'Brien. Nahe des Geliebten (2 copies) 1990: T Handscomb, Berwerfung[?]. Germany in mind 1990: Jenny Dolezel. Germany in mind; the pageant of splendiferousness 1990: Heather Busch "Tristan und Isolde" (2 copies) 1990: Nigel Brown. Germany in mind- Kirchner, Nolde, Rottluff, Muller, Marc, Heckel, Beckm[ann], Kollw[itz]. Rhine (2 copies) 1991: Jane Zusters. Homage to Gabrelle [Gabrielle] Munter (2 copies) 1991: M Harrison. Mr Tannhauser and Mr Mozart explore the South Pacific during Fasching (2 copies) 1991: J P Mousdale. The balcony from Berlin diary by Cilla McQueen (2 copies) 1992: Ralph Hotere. Berlin Schoneberg: "I know it still - the bite ..." (2 copies) 1992: Jacqueline Fahey. "My mother talks to Beethoven" (2 copies) Also includes: Joseph Beuys; everyone is an artist. Video installation, First Floor Gallery. Wellington City Art Gallery, 3 June - 30 June 1991. Organised in association with Goeth-Institut Wellington. Sponsored by Mitsubishi Electric. Quantity: 13 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, 595 x 420 mm.

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Brown, Nigel :Nigel Brown - travel to travel. Lopdell House Gallery ... Titirangi. Open...

Date: 2011 - 2012

By: Brown, Nigel Roderick, 1949-; Lopdell House Gallery

Reference: ArtEph-2012-B-01

Description: Flyer or small poster for an exhibition of the work of Nigel Brown. Reproduces a painting called 'Kirchner, Schmitt-Rottluff, Pechstein' by Nigel Brown, 1992. Shows portraits of the three artists in a Pacific setting, possibly Tahiti Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on paper, 298 x 214 mm

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Giesen Wine Estate Canterbury Limited :[Ephemera, labels, postcards. 1984- ].

Date: 1984 - 2002

From: [Ephemera of quarto size, relating to wine and winegrowing in New Zealand, including ephemera issued by wineries and vineyards. 1800s - ]

By: Giesen Wine Estate; Spencer-Bower, Catherine Olivia Orme, 1905-1982; Brown, Ion G (Major), 1943?-; Moffitt, Gilbert Trevor, 1936-2006; Giesen, Gudrun, active 1980-1990s; Kingsford, Loveday, 1937-; Hope, Henry, active 1980s; Francis, Heather Margaret, 1925-2011; Withell, Sally, active 1980-1990s; Parker, John Shotton, 1944-; Page, Evelyn Margaret, 1899-1988; Brown, Nigel Roderick, 1949-

Reference: Eph-B-ALCOHOL-Wine-Giesen

Description: Includes labels for: 1984: Sauvignon Blanc 1985: Gewurztraminer medium-dry; Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 1986: Cabernet Sauvignon/Cabernet Franc/Shiraz (2 different); Chardonnay; Pinot Noir (2 different); Burnham private bin; Pinot Noir rose; Canterbury Cuvee Rhine Riesling Brut [ca 1986]; Canterbury Rhine Riesling Dry 1987: Muller-Thurgau medium; Canterbury Chablis; Botrytised Riesling Auslese 1988: Chablis; Riesling Dry 1989: Marlborough Gewurztraminer Dry; Riesling Medium 1991: Canterbury Burnham School Road Chardonnay Reserve; Canterbury Botrytised Muller Thurgau; Riesling Extra Dry; Canterbury Botrytised Sauvignon Blanc oak aged; Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot (on back of 1992 card) 1992: Canterbury Muller Thurgau; Marlborough Gewurztraminer Dry; Marlborough School Road Chardonnay; Riesling Dry; Estate Dry White 1993: Giesen Riesling Extra Dry Canterbury; Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc; Canterbury Botrytised Muller Thurgau; Sauvignon Blanc; Cathedral Port [ca 1993]; Riesling Medium; Merlot; Dry White 1994: Giesen Marlborough Merlot; Marlborough Isabel Estate Pinot Noir Reserve; Canterbury Pinot Noir Reserve; Marlborough Reserve; Riesling; Rose; Riesling Medium 1995: Canterbury Chardonnay Burnham School Road Reserve; Canterbury Botrytised Riesling; Canterbury Botrytised Late Harvest Riesling; Chardonnay Marlborough; Riesling Medium Canterbury 1996: Chardonnay School Road Canterbury plus small back label; Estate Dry White Canterbury; Noble School Road Late Harvest Canterbury 1997: Marlborough Chardonnay Reserve Barrel Selection 1998: Noble School Road Late Harvest Canterbury + small back label; Canterbury Riesling Reserve Selection; Marlborough Chardonnay Reserve Barrel Selection; Canterbury Chardonnay Reserve Barrel Selection; Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough + small back label 1999: Canterbury Pinot Noir Reserve Barrel Selection; Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough; Pinot Noir Canterbury/Marlborough 2000: Riesling Canterbury; Marlborough Chardonnay + back label 2001: Canterbury RieslingMarlborough Sauvignon Blanc + back label Label artists include: Olivia Spencer-Bower, Ion Brown, C A Landwehr, C Jansen, Loveday Kingsford, Trevor Moffitt, Gudrun Giesen, Henry Hope, Heather Francis, Sally Withell, John Parker, Evelyn Page, Nigel Brown. Also includes four photographs of the Burnham site April-June 1981 during the initial development. Alex (white jersey) and Theo Giesen are shown. Quantity: 50 colour photo-mechanical print(s) labels (approx). 5 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 3 colour photo-mechanical print(s) brochures. Physical Description: Photolithographs on labels, brochures, cards, sizes varying Provenance: Donated by Giesen Wine Estate Canterbury Limited in 2002.

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Fern. Nigel Brown. Copyright Nigel Brown / Philip Simpson, 1998

Date: 1998

By: Brown, Nigel Roderick, 1949-

Reference: ArtEph-1998-B-023

Description: Essays on The tree fern in my work by Nigel Brown, and Our tree ferns by Philip Simpson, illustrated with drawings of tree ferns by Nigel Brown Quantity: 1 booklet. Physical Description: Offset print on folded coloured card, [4] p, stapled, illustrated

Manuscript

Evening Post art reviews - drafts 1983 to 1989 (5 of 5)

Date: 1984

From: Wedde, Ian Curtis, 1946- : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11624-087

Description: Comprises drafts of art exhibition reviews written by Ian Wedde for various publications in 1983 and 1984. Drafts are mostly dated, and annotated with name of publication. Names selectively indexed. Arrangement: Folders MS-Papers-11624-083 to 11624-087 were received as one pile of loose pages. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript

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Griffin, Sally Ann D, 1951- :Photospace Gallery. What we saw; photographs by Sally Grif...

Date: 2015

By: Griffin, Sally Ann D, 1951-

Reference: Eph-C-PHOTO-EXHIBITION-2015-01

Description: Poster for an exhibition of photographs by Sally Griffin shows a black and white group photograph of Philip Clairmont, David Parkyn, Nigel Brown and Sally Griffin on the grass. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 420 x 297 mm. Provenance: Donated by Sally Griffin, Wellington, in 2015.

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Potton & Burton: Letters from New Zealand artists

Date: 24 April 1996-16 August 1998

By: Potton & Burton (Firm)

Reference: MS-Papers-12025

Description: Collection comprises 23 letters from New Zealand artists to Craig Potton Publishing. The correspondence relates to pictorial images from the artists used by the company in its New Zealand art calendars for 1997, 1998 and 1999. Most correspondence is brief and relates to agreeing to participate in the calendars, sending images, and ordering more copies of the calendars; some artists briefly discuss the works they have chosen to submit. Artists include W. A. Sutton, Jane Evans, Nigel Brown, Michael Smither, Robert McLeod, Grahame Sydney, Dick Frizzell, and Albert McCarthy. Two letters are signed with first names only ('Quentin' and 'Gerda'); the content of the letters suggests that they are from Quentin MacFarlane and Gerda Leenards. Title supplied by Library. Potton & Burton was previously Craig Potton Publishing. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Folder containing 23 holograph and typescript letters.

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Our people - our land. Curated by Richard Wolfe. Jonathan Grant Galleries, 280 Parnell ...

Date: 2014

By: Jonathan Grant Galleries; Sydney, Grahame Charles, 1948-; Stringer, Terry Robin George, 1946-; Smither, Michael Duncan, 1939-; Brown, Nigel Roderick, 1949-; Goldie, Charles Frederick, 1870-1947; Baloghy, George, 1950-; Maughan, Karl, 1964-; Siddell, Peter Graham (Sir), 1935-2011; Tapper, Garth Purcell, 1927-1999; Boroughs, Justin, 1952-; Ching, Raymond Harris, 1939-; Wolfe, Richard, 1948-

Reference: ArtEph-2014-J-04

Description: Exhibition catalogue for work by a range of New Zealand artists, including Graham Sydney, sculptor Terry Stringer, Michael Smither, Nigel Brown, C F Goldie, George Baloghy, Karl Maughan, John McLean, glass artist Layla Walker, Peter Siddell, Garth Tapper, Liam Barr, Justin Boroughs and Ray Ching. Most paintings are landscapes, with a few portraits. Quantity: 1 booklet. Physical Description: Offset print on card, 12 p, stapled, illustrated, coloured

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New Zealand Visual Artists Against Nuclear Arms: VAANA; packet of eight cards [with yel...

Date: 1984

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to nuclear weapons, nuclear power, anti-nuclear protests]

By: Bartlett, Margaret Lawlor, 1931-; Brown, Nigel Roderick, 1949-; Eaden, John Matthew, 1950-; Eyley, Claudia Pond, 1946-; Grimsdale, Murray Stanley Gordon, 1943-; Hanly, Patrick, 1932-2004; Lowry, Vanya, 1943-; Szirmay, Marte, 1946-; Visual Artists Against Nuclear Arms

Reference: Eph-A-NUCLEAR-1984-02-1/8

Description: One of two different sets of eight postcards. This one has a yellow slip with the title written on it: 1. Nigel Brown. Nuclear free NZ; nuclear free world 2. John Eaden. Nuclear free Pacific 3. M[urray] Grimsdale [Card showing dove and skulls] 4. Pat Hanly. "Escape from fire" Nuclear free Pacific 5. Margaret Lawlor-Bartlett. Peace stop war, stop nuclear war 6. Vanya Lowry. No nukes is good nukes 7. Claudia Pond-Eyley. "Pacific window". Let the world be nuclear free 8. Marté Szirmay. Peace Quantity: 8 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Black and white offset(?) prints, on cards 150 x 105 mm, plus yellow title sheet

Manuscript

Papers relating to Dance of the origin

Date: 1980, 2001, 2003, 2004

From: Trussell, Denys, 1946- : Literary papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8815-12

Description: Papers relating to 'Dance of the origin' comprising catalogue for a Nigel Brown exhibition at Milford Galleries in 2004, photographs of a 1980 dance rehearsal taken by John Miller, correspondence between Alison East and Trussell, and programme for 'Earth rhythm' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, manuscripts, printed matter

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Brown, Nigel, 1949- :Clairmont; naked in memory Clairmont. 1984.

Date: 1984

By: Brown, Nigel Roderick, 1949-

Reference: G-684

Description: Portrait of artist Philip Clairmont, full-face, bearded head only, in arched shape. Behind him, to the left is a faint sepulchral figure. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - N Brown 84; Recto - top centre - Naked in memory Clairmont; Recto - bottom centre - Clairmont; Recto - top centre - (On forehead of subject) Vicki Thelma Rachel The artist Philip Clairmont died in 1984. He was born in the same year as Nigel Brown. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Colour monoprint with acrylic on paper 599 x 456 mm.

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Brown, Nigel, 1949- :The reading, 1979 / Nigel Brown. - [Christchurch, N.Z.] ; Capper, ...

Date: 1981

By: Brown, Nigel Roderick, 1949-; Capper Contemporary New Zealand Art Prints

Reference: C-085-128-a

Description: Idealised landscape with James K Baxter reading Same as C-085-128 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, col., 580 x 440 mm on sheet 730 x 580 mm

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Trussell, Denys John, 1946- :Photographs of paintings by Nigel Brown

Date: [ca 2004]

By: Trussell, Denys John, 1946-; Brown, Nigel Roderick, 1949-

Reference: PAColl-9147

Description: Photographs of paintings by Nigel Brown, taken ca 2004 possibly by Nigel Brown. The paintings were inspired by Denys Trussell's poem 'Dance of the Origin'. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Arranged by negative number Quantity: 15 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Dye coupler prints Provenance: Purchase, 2007 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0882 : Trussell, Denys John, 1946- : Literary papers.

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Gregory, Brian Herbert 1947- : Inward letters

Date: 1973-1986

By: Gregory, Brian Herbert, 1947-

Reference: MS-Papers-4048

Description: Thirteen letters to Brian Gregory relating to his poetry. Writers include James Bertram, Nigel Brown, Denis Glover, Sam Hunt, Douglas Lilburn (4), Eric McCormick, Peter McLeavey, Peter Smart, John Summers and Tosswill Woollaston. Source of title - Supplied Accompanying material - Eight envelopes Quantity: 1 folder(s) (13 items). Physical Description: Holographs and typescripts Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr B Gregory, Auckland, 1986

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[Posters concerning the environment and environmental protection. 1984-1989].

Date: 1980 - 1989

By: Brown, Nigel Roderick, 1949-; Christie, Quentin R, active 1980-2000s; Coromandel Peninsula Watchdog; Johansen, Doug, active 1988; New Zealand. Commission for the Environment; Enting, Brian Laurence, 1945-1995; Friends of the Earth; National Conservation Week Campaign Committee (N.Z.); New Zealand Forest Service; New Zealand. Wildlife Service; Pesticide Action Network (N.Z.); Pataka Porirua Museum of Arts and Cultures; Whirinaki Forest Promotion Trust; Pringle, Michael James, 1962-

Reference: Eph-C-ENVIRONMENT-1984/1989

Description: Includes: 1984: Fiordland National Park. This Earth is precious, 1984. Friends of the Earth. This Earth is precious, 1984 (2 copies) Friends of the Earth. FOE Resources - Catalogue, 1984. New Zealand Wildlife Service. Evolution and the future of wetlands, [1984]. New Zealand Wildlife Service. New Zealand's Endangered wildlife, 1984. New Zealand Wildlife Service. New Zealand seabirds and their young, 1984. New Zealand Wildlife Service. New Zealand; our native wildlife, [1984]. (2 copies) Whirinaki Forest Promotion Trust. Whirinaki Forest / [Photographed by] Ian Macdonald, [1984]. 1985: Conservation Week 1985: People need plants. Clianthus puniceus or Red Kakabeak / Photograph by Brian Enting, 1985 (2 copies) New Zealand Forest Service. People need plants; Conservation Week, 3-11 August 1985. Printed by Format Publishers Limited by authority V R Ward Government Printer, Wellington New Zealand, 1985 (3 copies) Conservation New Zealand. Herbs: People need plants, [1985?] (2 copies) Conservation New Zealand. Primary production: People need plants, [1985?]. New Zealand Wildlife Service. Your local kiwi needs you! [1985] 1986: Conservation Week 1986: Conserving Our Future. Tui feeding young. Photograph by Peter Daniel. Sponsored by Ciba-Geigy New Zealand Limited - Agriculture (2 copies) Friends of the Earth. Dangers of Pesticides, [1986]. Pesticide Action Network. the what, where, how and why of hazardous pesticides. come and hear Dr Kate Short, Australian guest speaker of the Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals Committee in Sydney. Loaves & Fishes, Hill Street, Tuesday 11 November [1986] Porirua Museum. Why Greenpeace? Who are they anyway? ... Porirua Museum's current exhibition. November 27th [1986] - March 30th [1987] 1988: Kiwi Conservation Club. Would you like to join our team? How do you join? [ca 1988] Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society. Write for the forests right now, [1988]. Peninsula Watchdog. Coromandel too precious to mine / Photograph by Doug Johansen, 1988. 1989: Conservation New Zealand. Conservation Week 1989: The changing land / [Photograph by] Quentin R. Christie 1989. (2 copies) Peninsula Watchdog. Coromandel Calling / Print of hand coloured woodcut by Nigel Brown, 1989. (2 copies) Quantity: 23 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs and stickers, sizes varying. Provenance: One poster donated by Dr Margaret L Bailey, Porirua, in 2007; one by Dylan Owen, Wellington, in 2013; one by Michael Pringle, Wellington, in 2016.

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Nigel Brown; Particular Places, Particular Emotions. Brooker Gallery 16 March - 4 April...

Date: 1987

By: Brooker Gallery

Reference: ArtEph-1987-B-07