PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Havelock North
Fishers Fine Arts label affixed verso
Webb's, New Zealand & Foreign Paintings, Photography and Prints, 13/12/1999
Private Collection, Auckland

McIntyre's post-war career saw the 1962 publication of The Painted Years, the first of eight books which he would write and illustrate. All his books met with resounding success. In 1964 Peter McIntyre's New Zealand sold out within six days and remained a best seller for the next 20 years. In 1966 Peter McIntyre's Pacific was released and in 1970 an American audience responded well to Peter McIntyre's West. In 1970, McIntyre was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to the arts and in 1985 he was awarded the Governor General's Art Award. A retrospective exhibition of his war paintings was held at the City Gallery in Wellington in 1995, he passed away in September of that year. Peter McIntyre holds a key place in New Zealand's art market and art history.