MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr, 1922-2020

Date: 1964 - 1969

From: Roberts, Rex, fl 1970-1990s (collector) :[Collection of art exhibition and dealers' catalogues, 1914-1999].

By: Alexander Turnbull Library; Auckland City Art Gallery

Reference: E-929-F-004

Description: Includes: New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts catalogues: Annual 1964-1968; Autumn 1964-1965, 1967-1969; Sculpture Pottery and Graphic Arts 1965. Alexander Turnbull Library. A selection of early New Zealand paintings 1840-1900 from the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington. 1965. [Catalogue] George French Angas. South Australia. Facsimile editions of the works of George French Angas. A H & A W Reed. 1967. Arts & Crafts Wairoa. Selections from 19th Centurey New Zealand painting. May 2nd to 6th 1966. [Catalogue] Auckland City Art Gallery. Summary catalogue of the collection. October 1964. Auckland City Art Gallery. Australian painting XIX and XX century. [1964] Auckland City Art Gallery. James Nairn [and] Edward Fristrom. August 1964 [Catalogue] Auckland City Art Gallery. New Zealand painting. 1966 [Catalogue] Auckland Star Post Primary art exhibition 1964. Catalogue. Auckland Star Post Primary art exhibition 1965. Catalogue. Auckland Star Post Primary art exhibition 1966. Catalogue. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Centennial Street 1866; handbook of colonial collections. August 1966. Bishop Suter Art Gallery. Catalogue. 1964. Contemporary painting in New Zealand; an exhibition organised by the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council. [1966. Catalogue with biographical notes on Rita Angus, Don Binney, Bryan Dew, John Drawbridge, Robert Ellis, Suzanne Goldberg, Rudolf Gopas, Patrick Hanly, Colin McCahon, Milan Mrkusich, Don Peebles, Ross Ritchie, W A Sutton, Philip Trusttum, M T Woollaston] Dominion Museum. Historical New Zealand exhibition Wellington New Zealand. April 14 - May 24 1965. Catalogue of rare prints, lithographs, etc. Eight New Zealand artists: Binney, Ellis, Garrity, Hanly, McCahon, Mrkusich, Ritchie, Twiss. [Nov-December 1965. Catalogue]. Hocken Library, University of Otago. The origins of Frances Hodgkins; an exhibition of paintings in the centennial year of her birth. 1969. [Catalogue] Hocken Library, University of Otago. Three generations; paintings by J C Richmond, D K Richmond, E H Atkinson. November 1966. Hoyte, J C. New Zealand paintings by J C Hoyte. Series 1. Auckland, Hooker and Company Ltd, 1968. James Smith's Gallery. Exhibition of paintings by W S Wauchop and Carl T Laugeson in James Smith's Gallery (2nd floor) cornerof Cuba & Manners Streets, Wellington. September 29th to October 10th 1969. [Catalogue] McCormick, E H. Sir William Fox, public man and painter. Wellington, Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board, 1966. McLeavey, Peter. Fine arts newsletter from Wellington - YCs. 16.3.68 [Typescript text of a radio broadcast, 16 March 1968]. National Art Gallery (Wellington). Early New Zealand; watercolours and drawings from the Chevalier, J C Richmond and Swainson collections at the National Art Gallery, Wellington New Zealand. [1960s] National Art Gallery (Wellington). Nairn and his associates; selected from works in the collection of the National Art Gallery, Wellington New Zealand. [Catalogue and supplement. 1960s] National Art Gallery (Wellington). Van der Velden; paintings and drawings in the collection of the National Art Gallery. April 1968. New Zealand Publishing Society. Suzanne Goldberg. Studies of New Zealand painters, no. 1. Auckland. 1967. Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand. Frances Hodgkins 1869-1947; a centenary exhibition. [Catalogue. 1969] Three New Zealand artists: John Hutton, Douglas MacDiarmid, William Newland. An exhibition at New Zealand House, Haymarket London, SW1. 11 May - 5 June 1964. [Catalogue] Canterbury Society of Arts catalogues for 1855, 1962 and 1963 from Mr Roberts' donation have been shelved in the sequence in the Serials Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 27 monographs, 1 typescript and 11 NZAFA catalogues. Physical Description: Booklets and monographs sizes varying. Provenance: Donated by Mr Rex Roberts in 2003.

Date: [1985-2002]

From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-7355-1

Description: Collection of postcards and greeting cards from various friends of McLeod's; invitation to Douglas MacDiarmid opening (1992) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1995-1999

From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-7349-214

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs

Date: 1989-1995

From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-5261-01

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1949

From: [MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr], 1922- :[Portraits and studies. 1945-1949]

By: MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr, 1922-2020

Reference: A-135-036

Description: A side view of part of the torso and the hands of artist Helen Hitchings, drawing in a sketchbook. She is seated According to the artist (visited the Library, 1993) this was drawn in Wadestown, one of a series of drawings that a group of artists made of one another. The group included Drawbridge, Helen Hitchings, Douglas MacDiarmid and Juliet Peter Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 345 x 270 mm

Date: 1949

From: MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr 1922- :[Portraits and scene in Paris] 1945-1954

By: MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr, 1922-2020

Reference: A-135-045

Description: Head and shoulders frontal portrait of a woman. She is seated on a chair in front of a picture on a wall and is wearing a blue dress Paper is watermarked NTGOLFIER France [i.e. Montgolfier?] Other Titles - Rzewuska Inscriptions: Verso - title and date in ball-point pen. Probably titled by the artist at the time of donation to the Library Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 292 x 312 mm

Date: 1944

By: MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr, 1922-2020

Reference: B-061-016

Description: A view of an empty section with a group of large trees to the right, and broken down paling fences with houses across a street Title from verso Inscriptions: Signed: Douglas MacDiarmid Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil 325 x 470 mm Provenance: Donation: D K MacDiarmid, Paris, 17 Aug 1977

Date: 1949

From: [MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr], 1922- :[Portraits and studies. 1945-1949]

By: MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr, 1922-2020

Reference: A-135-025

Description: A side view of artist John Drawbridge, reclining on the floor According to the artist (visited the Library, 1993) this was drawn in Wadestown, one of a series of drawings that a group of artists made of one another. The group included Drawbridge, Helen Hitchings, Douglas MacDiarmid and Juliet Peter Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 217 x 341 mm

Date: 1946

By: MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr, 1922-2020

Reference: A-135-010

Description: A view towards the lake, with the frontage of a hotel with balconies in the left foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 420 x 300 mm Provenance: Donation: D K MacDiarmid, Paris, 17 Aug 1977

Date: 1956

By: MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr, 1922-2020; Colour Agencies Ltd

Reference: C-083-001

Description: A semi-abstract landscape. Includes biographical text-sheet From original oil painting in National Art Gallery, Wellington Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 400 x 580 mm on sheet 560 x 740 mm

Date: 1949

From: [MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr], 1922- :[Portraits and studies. 1945-1949]

By: MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr, 1922-2020

Reference: A-135-030

Description: The artist John Drawbridge, seated on the floor, a sketchbook propped up on his raised knees. He is drawing According to the artist (visited the Library, 1993) this was drawn in Wadestown, one of a series of drawings that a group of artists made of one another. The group included Drawbridge, Helen Hitchings, Douglas MacDiarmid and Juliet Peter Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 347 x 268 mm

Date: 1945

By: MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr, 1922-2020

Reference: A-135-005

Description: The roofs of houses visible beyond trees, under a stormy sky Title from verso Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed in brushpoint: Douglas MacDiarmid; also title in pencil on verso Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil 165 x 280 mm Provenance: Donation: D K MacDiarmid, Paris, 17 Aug 1977

Date: 1947

By: MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr, 1922-2020

Reference: A-135-038/040

Description: Studies of black women, including one nude According to the artist, who visited the Library in 1993, these drawings were done in Paris in 1947, at Cite Universitaire Quantity: 3 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 310 x 240 mm to 475 x 250 mm on 4 sheets

Date: 1950-1984

By: Hitchings, Helen Margaret St. Clare, 1920-2002; Sisarich, Warren, active 1980s-1990s

Reference: PAColl-7914

Description: Photographs of houses in Little Pipitea Street, Hill Street and the ministerial residence (Prime Ministers residence) in Tinakori Road, Thorndon; scenes in Stratford, Hanmer Springs and Lake Manapouri; and copies of paintings by Rita Angus and Douglas MacDiarmid. Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: To Manuscripts & Archives - Manuscript of report on Prime Ministers House; Letters and notes with Rita Angus catalogue for 1983-1984..

Date: 1949 - 1950

By: MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr, 1922-2020

Reference: A-135-042

Description: The back view of a young woman with blonde hair in a bun. She is seated in a bentwood chair. The work is trimmed across the top The artist, who visited the Library in 1993, identified the subject of this as Helen Hitchings drawn in the home of Eve and Frederick Page, Hobson Street, Wellington. The watercolour has been trimmed and is the verso of another watercolour of Frances Mulrennan (A-135-041) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 302 x 302 mm Provenance: Donation: The artist, Paris, 1980

Date: 1963

By: MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr, 1922-2020

Reference: G-474

Description: Shows a bowl of fruit with a cathedral in background, possibly a French scene Inscriptions: Verso - Signed: MacDiarmid Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil 375 x 600 mm Provenance: Donated by the artist, 17 Aug. 1977

Date: 1945 - 1946

From: [MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr], 1922- :[Portraits and studies. 1945-1949]

By: MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr, 1922-2020

Reference: A-135-017

Description: Frontal view of the head of a boy of around fifteen, looking down According to the artist (visited the Library, 1993) this was drawn in Hampstead (London). Stephen Harding was the son of MacDiarmid's former Christchurch landlady, Blanche Harding Dating: The artist inscribed titles and dates on the versos of this group of drawings when he gave them to the Library. However on a visit some years later (1993) he suggested this drawing might have been done in 1946, rather than the date of 1945 which he had inscribed on the work Inscriptions: Verso - titled and dated in ball-point pen Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Coloured pencil on paper, 246 x 203 mm

Date: 1949

From: [MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr], 1922- :[Portraits and studies. 1945-1949]

By: MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr, 1922-2020

Reference: A-135-028

Description: A side view of artist Juliet Peter, seated across an armchair, her legs over the left-hand arm According to the artist (visited the Library, 1993) this was drawn in Wadestown, one of a series of drawings that a group of artists made of one another. The group included Drawbridge, Helen Hitchings, Douglas MacDiarmid and Juliet Peter Inscriptions: Verso - title and date in ball-point pen Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 217 x 341 mm

Date: 1967

By: MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr, 1922-2020

Reference: G-442

Description: A semi-representational view of people standing on a beach Title from verso Other Titles - Piha 2 Inscriptions: Signed: MacDiarmid Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil 590 x 910 mm Provenance: Donated by the artist, 17 Aug., 1977

Date: 1940 - 1941

By: MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr, 1922-2020

Reference: G-528

Description: Looking south up a steep road up a hill with houses on both sides, and another part of the Port Hills in the background. The street may be Kilmore Avenue, Lyttelton. During a visit to the Library in 1993, the artist suggested that this was the identity of the street. He also provided a date of 1940 or 1941, from the time when he was a student in Canterbury Inscriptions: Signed: Douglas MacDiarmid Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil 330 x 505 mm Provenance: Donation: D K MacDiarmid, Paris, 17 Aug 1977