Artist, designer and illustrator, born in Stratford, New Zealand and studied at Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland. After graduating in the early 1960s, Percy worked as an illustrator for the New Zealand School Journal and collaborated with other Auckland-based writers and artists. He designed the typography for a number of Colin McCahon's exhibition invitations and set up one of New Zealands first design consultancies with Hamish Keith. During this period he designed covers for The End of the Golden Weather and The Pohutukawa Tree by Bruce Mason. In 1964, Percy received a scholarship to study at the Royal College of Art in London. From late 1964 until the end of his life, he lived and worked in London as an illustrator and artist (Information retrieved from Wikipedia, 5 September 2013)
Percy, Graham, 1938-2008
Correspondence
Date: 1954-1987
From: Scott, Richard George, 1923-2020: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8572-50
Description: Correspondence covering both editions of the Parihaka book. Not all correspondents indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Auckland University Press :A micronaut in the wide world; the imaginative life and time...
Date: 2011
By: Auckland University Press
Reference: Eph-D-BOOK-2011
Description: Poster advertising the book published in conjunction with a travelling exhibition about illustrator Graham Percy, curated by Gregory O'Brien. One side of the poster shows a reproduction of Percy's illustration of a boy with a kiwi strapped to his back. The other side shows two photographs of Graham Percy, reproductions of further illustrations, and panels of text about his life and work. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 13.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Photolithograph on both sides of poster, 595 x 420 mm. Provenance: Donated by Michael Pringle, Wellington, in 2013.
Graham Percy and Don Ramage, designers :The end of the golden weather, [by] Bruce Mason...
Date: 1960
By: Percy, Graham, 1938-2008; Ramage, Donald James, 1923-2009
Reference: Eph-D-DRAMA-1960-01
Description: A poster advertising a season of Bruce Mason's solo performance, during his tour of the show in 1959-1962. Shows a yellow and red design of the sun's face in the sky. The poster was designed by Don Ramage, based on an original illustration of the sun by Graham Percy (Information supplied by Hamish Thompson 15 December 2015). Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 760 x 365 mm.
Crown Lynn Potteries Ltd :New Zealand ceramics. New Zealand designs are top sellers in ...
Date: 1963
From: [Posters advertising work and exhibitions by potters and ceramic sculptors in New Zealand. 1960-1970s]
Reference: Eph-C-CERAMICS-1963-01
Description: Newsletter issued by Crown Lynn reports on the popularity in Melbourne of two dinner sets designed by New Zealanders Otway Josling and Don Mills. The inside spread features Harry Jones, a Crown Lynn chemist formerly employed at Royal Doulton; Mrs Ringi Ngakura a skilled worker; and Alan Topham, sales manager. The back page shows prime minister Keith Holyoake presenting prizes to designers Graham Percy and Robert Drake, and Tom Clark jnr presenting Mrs Holyoake with an ovenware set. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on pamphlet folded to 368 x 240 mm.