Memories. Wiripine Ninia, a Ngatiawa Chieftainess

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Charles Frederick Goldie (1870-1947)
Memories. Wiripine Ninia, a Ngatiawa Chieftainess
signed and dated 'C.F.Goldie. / 1920' (upper left), dated 'July 7 - 20' on the reverse, and inscribed 'A Ngatiawa Chieftainess WIRIPINE NINIA No. 5 "Memories" on the stretcher
oil on canvas
10 5/8 x 8 5/8in. (27 x 21.5cm.)

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Lot Essay

Not included in Taylor and Glen who record nine oils of this sitter, mostly of similar size and format, painted by Goldie between 1911 and 1922 (C.F. Goldie (1870-1947), His Life and Painting, Martinborough, 1977). Painted in Auckland a few months before Goldie eloped to Sydney on 31 October 1920, marrying Olive Cooper there on 18 November. The couple settled at Cremorne on the North Shore for two years, Goldie painting copies of his Maori portraits with NSW added to the signature, before returning to Auckland in January 1923.

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