Provenance: Private Collection, Auckland Purchased from John Leech Gallery, Circa 1986

This rare ink drawing of Rodney Kennedy's mother was produced by Toss Woollaston in 1936, the same year of his first solo exhibition in Dunedin.

Woollaston and Kennedy met in Dunedin as art students in 1932, and developed a lifelong friendship. As Woollaston recalled: 'He was assured where I fumbled, knowledgeable where I was uninformed, and infectiously critical of the "art world" outside Dunedin, and of the Art Society in Dunedin. He danced and sang, while I was inert and dumb. Altogether a captivating friend.'