Provenance:
Illustrated cover Pavement, Issue 66, Summer 2004/05 Painting & issue launched at Starkwhite, 2004 p. 53 The Alumni: Peter Stichbury, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, 2010

Exhibited:
The Alumni: Peter Stichbury, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts 12 July - 21 September 2008 Dunedin Public Art Gallery 29 November - 22 February 2009

This lot is to be sold with:
A copy of Pavement magazine Summer 2004/05 issue #66 An A2 poster of the cover A copy of The Alumni: Peter Stichbury, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, 2010

Once upon a time, Peter Stichbury had his studio in the same High Street office building as Pavement magazine. They admired each other's work, with a number of early Stichbury subjects drawn from the pages of Pavement. This lead to a decision to collaborate on a painting for the cover. The issue was chosen - Pavement's second Special Local Talent Issue. The subject agreed upon: Academy Award winning star of The Piano, Anna Paquin.

A photo shoot by acclaimed expatriate photographer Regan Cameron was arranged with Paquin in New York City.

Based on these images, Stichbury produced a beautiful acrylic on linen portrait of the elusive yet enduring actress. Stichbury himself features in the pages of the aforementioned Pavement issue. He is pictured holding his cat in front of a blank canvas, shortly before commencing work on the Paquin portrait. This is that painting. A one-of-a-kind Stichbury, never before offered for sale. It comes with the accoutrements of collaboration: the Summer 2004/05 issue of Pavement and an A2 poster of the cover, along with a book featuring the Anna Paquin painting and a discussion of the artwork.