Artist of Wellington. Two of his paintings "Eternal Fall" and "Free Love and Contraceptives" were alleged to be indecent and were the subject of a court hearing in 1967 - see Art Newspaper Clippings, Vol 1, p. 22. See also "The Dominion" May 22 1972 "Artist strips to Open Exhibition" and "The Evening Post" May 24 1972, re the controversial opening of an exhibition of Eastman's work at Antipodes Gallery, Wellington. Eastman was described as "a young painter of pop-Ingres nudes" by Patrick AE Hutchings in "Young Contemporary New Zealand Realists" in Art International, v.17 no. 3 March 1973. A copy of the catalogue of this exhibition is held in Art Ephemera, 1972. Eastman died not long after this exhibition.
Eastman, David, -1973?
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Various artists :[Posters of around A3 size, advertising productions of the Unity Theat...
Date: 1973 - 1975
By: Eastman, David, -1973?
Reference: Eph-C-UNITY-1973/1975
Description: Contains posters advertising the following: 1973: "After the fall", by Arthur Miller; directed by Russell Aitken. Unity Theatre, 29 June - 14 July [1973] (2 copies) Bernard Shaw's "Major Barbara", directed by William Juliff; opens 14 September / [artist] David Eastman (2 copies) 1974: "Exiles", by James Joyce; directed by Ralph McAllister. 19 April - 4 May [1974] (2 copies) "The friends", by Arnold Wesker; directed by Bryan Aitken, from 1 August [1974] (2 copies) "The front room boys" is coming [Banner] (2 copies) "The front room boys" Unity Theatre 7-17 November [Banner] (2 copies) "The front room boys", by Alexander Buzo. Unity Theatre 7-17 November [1974] (2 copies) (2 copies) Currency Methuen, the N.Z. Theatre Federation & Unity Theatre welcome Alexander Buzo (note: Alexander Buzo attended Unity Theatre's New Zealand premiere of his play "The front room boys" on 7 November 1974) 1975: "The four seasons", by Arnold Wesker; directed by Peter Meikle. 28 February - 8 March 1975 (2 copies) NZ Playcycle '75; four N.Z. author plays, presented by Repertory, Unity, stagecraft & New Theatre, 21 April - 18 May [1975] "The Venetian twins", by Carlo Goldoni; producer Robert Bennett. 5 - 21 June [1875] (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs and screen prints, sizes varying, up to 500 mm.
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Unity Theatre :[Programmes and fliers relating to plays and dramatic performances. 1973].
Date: 1973
From: Unity Theatre :[Programmes and fliers relating to plays and dramatic performances]
Reference: Eph-A-UNITY-1973
Description: Includes: New Zealand premiere of "After the fall". by Arthur Miller. Directed by Russell Aitken. Unity Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, 29 June - 14 July 1973. Programme (2 copies) "It isn't cricket", by Robert Lord; "The house that Jack built", by Eve Hughes. Both directed by Ralph McAllister. Unity Theatre [1973]. Programme (2 copies) "Major Barbara", by George Bernard Shaw. Produced by William Juliff and designed by David Eastman. Unity Theatre [1973]. Programme (2 copies) "The promise", by Aleksei Arbuzov, translated by Ariadne Nicolaeff. Ditected by Stuart Devenie; designed by David Esatman. Unity Theatre. 2-11 February 1973. Programme (2 copies) "The wide open cage", by James K Baxter. Produced by Richard Campion. Unity Theatre. 21 March 1973. Programme (2 copies of each of two different shades of yellow) Quantity: 1 folder(s) 5 programmes.. Physical Description: Letterpress items, varying sizes up to 250 mm.
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[Ephemera, fliers and exhibition catalogues of octavo size, relating to sculptors and s...
Date: 1900-1979
From: [Ephemera, fliers and exhibition catalogues of octavo size, relating to sculptors and sculpture in New Zealand]
Reference: Eph-A-SCULPTURE-1900/1979
Description: Includes: 1956: Henry Moore; an exhibition of sculpture and drawings organised by the British Council for Canada and New Zealand ... circulated in New Zealand by the Auckland City Art Gallery 1956/57. Catalogue (2 copies) 1958: London's Wax Museum Ltd. presents "The world in wax", featuring Madame Tussaud (in wax). [New Zealand tour, ca 1958-1959]. Catalogue (2 copies) 1960: Muriel Moody. Ceramic sculpture. Architecture Centre Gallery, 14-26 February 1960. Opening by Bruce Mason on 14 February. Invitation 1965: Sculpture by Edgar Mansfield. "Animism" [ca 1965]. Pamphlet 1972: David Eastman 1972 [Exhibition catalogue] 1975: Rosemary Johnson. "Shadows". Barry Lett Galleries, 28 October - 7 November 1975. Catalogue 1977: Edgar Mansfield, sculpture [and] Nan Rusbatch, paintings & drawings. New Vision Gallery, 31 October - 11 November [1977]. Catalogue 1978: Owen O'Pake 1934-1977; a retrospective exhibition. Victoria University Memorial Theatre, 18-27 May [1978?] (Satirical commentary on art critical language) Platforms; an exhibition of 15 dimensional structures by New Zealand artists. CSA Gallery, 5-18 March 1978 (With Bing Dawe, Marte Szirmay, Murray Horne, Martin Mendelsberg, Graham Snowden, Andrew Drummond, Rosemary Johnson, William Collison, Don Peebles, Neil Dawson, Greer Twiss, Nicholas Spill, Pauline Rhodes, Graeme Brett, Paul Cullen) (2 copies) 1979: Austin Brasell, New Zealand carver. Pamphlet; and, Invitation to exhibition, Wellington Cultural Centre, Sturdee Street, 9-13 July 1979 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes up to around 240 mm.
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[David Eastman]
Date: 1967-1984
From: Kennedy, Ronald Edwin, 1925-2003 :[Original cartoons, albums of clippings and a metal printing plate, created by and belonging to Ronald Kennedy (Ronken), ca 1967-1983]
Reference: A-456-166
Description: Cartoon by Ronald Edwin Kennedy depicting Wellington artist David Eastman painting at an easel with a brush and palette. He is naked apart from wearing one sock which holds two paint brushes and turns to a woman standing next to him and says "Of course I'll paint you in the nude but for others save your blushes - I always wear at least one sock in which to keep my brushes". Two newspaper clippings are glued under the caption and surrounded by frames as if they are paintings. The first reads "Wellington artist David Eastman did his own swinging thing when he opened an exhibition of his own paintings in Wellington at the weekend..." and the second reads "Stripped to his underpants, he performed a dance to spring, unveiled his Christ and then shed his underpants". The dog character looks on. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink drawing and two newspaper clippings within printed Ronken frame, 172 x 289mm. Printing notes in blue biro.
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Eastman, David d ca 1972 :[Portrait of Olive Evelyn Smuts-Kennedy] 1969
Date: 1969
By: Eastman, David, -1973?; Smuts-Kennedy, Olive Evelyn, 1925-2013
Reference: G-829-1
Description: Near life-size standing portrait of Wellington city councillor, Mrs Olive Smuts-Kennedy. Mrs Smuts-Kennedy was a Wellington City Councillor between 1964 and 1973. She chaired the Cultural, Libraries and Public Relations Committee. Paint applied with a palette knife Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on hardboard 1215 x 920 mm Provenance: The artist was a friend of the subject's and gave her the painting.