Provenance:

Private Collection, acquired directly from the artist by current owners family.

John Weeks enlisted in 1917 and served in France with the New Zealand Field Ambulance of the New Zealand Medical Corps. Medical personnel were part of all army operations and Weeks sustained injuries, breaking a leg and both arms. The Auckland Museum holds seven small watercolours painted by him whilst on active service in 1918. After the war, Weeks joined with fellow artists Francis McCracken and Robert Johnson touring some 250 paintings and drawings throughout New Zealand in The Soldiers' Exhibition.