8. Paratene Matchitt b. 1933
Te Pakanga III, Mata Ane Te Ao. Pungarehu Anake Te Ao, Drawing from Te Pakanga Series, 1974
Pen and ink on paper
48 x 66.8 cm

est. $3,400 - 3,800
Fetched $2,500
Relative Size: Te Pakanga III, Mata Ane Te Ao. Pungarehu Anake Te Ao, Drawing from Te Pakanga Series, 1974
Relative size

Provenance: Exhibited: Te Atea - Drawings by Paratene Matchitt, Hawkes Bay Museum, A Hawkes Bay Cultural Trust Touring Exhibition, Label affixed verso Milford Galleries, Auckland Selected works from the Te Pakanga Series, 8 - 25 June, 2005.

Paratene Matchitt Te Pakanga Series was completed in 1974. The thirty five drawings were commissioned by School Publications, Wellington as illustrations for a book called Te Atea (The New World) published in 1975. Te Atea, by Katerina Mataira, was published in Maori. The book and the Matchitt illustrations are about the perils of war and the path to restoration. At the time of the Te Pakanga commission, 1974, Matchitt was an Arts Advisory Officer in South Auckland.

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