Places

Date: 1959 - 1960

By: King, Marcus, 1891-1983; New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: Eph-D-TOURISM-1960-01

Description: Shows airborne skier in right profile, above foreground slope. In right distance is the Ruapehu skifield and Mount Ngauruhoe steaming in the background. Previously thought to be dated in the 1930s. Revised date based on "Selling the dream; the art of early New Zealand tourism" eds Peter Alsop, Gary Stewart, Dave Bamford (2012); it is reproduced on page 282, with date suggested on page 392. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - MARCUS KING Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screen print, 765 x 510 mm.

Date: 1950 - 1959

By: King, Marcus, 1891-1983

Reference: Eph-D-TOURISM-1950s-03

Description: Shows drover on horseback at right foreground, with sheepdog in left foreground and sheep in middle distance. In distance is a high country valley, pylons and snowy peaks. Previously thought to be dated in the 1930s; revised owing to information in "Selling the dream; the art of early New Zealand tourism" eds Peter Alsop, Gary Stewart, Dave Bamford (2012), where it is shown on page 368, with date given on page 402. Other Titles - Poster Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - MARCUS KING Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, coloured 765 x 510 mm.

Date: 1950

By: King, Marcus, 1891-1983

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-1950-02

Description: Shows three people in a small boat gliding on a still lake, which reflects the bush and mountains behind. There is a toetoe bush in the right foreground. Previously thought to be dated in the 1930s; revised owing to information in "Selling the dream; the art of early New Zealand tourism" eds Peter Alsop, Gary Stewart, Dave Bamford (2012), where it is shown on page 145, with date given on page 397. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - MARCUS KING Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 1010 x 627 mm.

Date: 1950

By: King, Marcus, 1891-1983

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-1950-01

Description: Shows drover on horseback at right foreground, with sheepdog on riverbank behind him. He follows a herd of Hereford cattle across a river, with bush, hills and snowcapped peaks behind. Previously thought to be dated in the 1930s; revised owing to information in "Selling the dream; the art of early New Zealand tourism" eds Peter Alsop, Gary Stewart, Dave Bamford (2012), where it is shown on page 370-371, with date given on page 402. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - MARCUS KING Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 632 x 1012 mm.

Date: 1930 - 1939

By: King, Marcus, 1891-1983

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-1957-01

Description: Shows native bird, the kea, with wings raised to show red feathers, perched on a branch in an alpine setting. Date previously thought to be 1930s. Date verified by photograph of Eric de Lacey and Gerald Phillips at the National Publicity Studios in 1957. The studios hung recently completed posters on their walls. Archives New Zealand reference AAQT 6401/26 A51164. This photograph is reproduced inside the front cover of "Selling the dream; the art of early New Zealand tourism" eds Peter Alsop, Gary Stewart, Dave Bamford (2012) Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - MARCUS KING Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 1012 x 635 mm.

Date: 1955

By: King, Marcus, 1891-1983

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-1955-02

Description: Shows red blooms on a sprig of rata, with a background of the top of the Franz Josef Glacier in Westland. Dated from "Selling the dream; the art of early New Zealand tourism" eds Peter Alsop, Gary Stewart, Dave Bamford (2012), where it is reproduced on page 160, with suggested date on page 397. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - MARCUS KING Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 1012 x 635 mm.