PROVENANCE
Collection of Hangings Art Group, Dunedin Purchased directly from the artist, 1993

ILLUSTRATED
p. 123 Timeless Land, Longacre Press 1995
The Hangings Art Group was formed in 1993 with the sole objective to purchase artworks from the current Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, preferably from the year they were the Fellow. The Frances Hodgkins Fellowship was established in 1962, and is now one of New Zealand's premier arts residencies. The position is based at the University of Otago in Dunedin, and is awarded annually. The fellowship was created to encourage painters and sculptors in the practice and advancement of their art, to associate them with life in the University, and at the same time to foster an interest in the arts within the University. The Frances Hodgkins Fellowship is named after painter Frances Hodgkins (1869-1947) who was born in Dunedin. Twenty three works of art were acquired over the thirty six year period. Due to current circumstances and delays, remaining deaccesions from the group will be offered in a timed online auction on our Bidding Platform and App in the coming months. Sir Grahame Sydney KNZM has become one of New Zealand's most significant and enduring artists. Awarded an ONZM in 2004 and then knighted in 2021 for services to the Arts, his work spans five decades and encompasses oils, watercolours, egg tempera, lithographs, etching and photography. Rarely exhibiting, Grahame's works are held in private collections through-out the world and represented in the collections of New Zealand's major galleries and museums. Always a meticulously slow worker, he generally produces no more than six works a year. Away to the South is painted in the Ranfurly, Ophir Central Otago region Sydney is a clever magician who plies his craft with great skill and subtlety, making paintings that are seemingly simple, but their plain reality tenders deeper emotions than simple recognition. You don't just see the land here, you feel it… these hills, these skies give us a voice that is unique, a voice that is evoked by the art of Grahame Sydney. It is the voice of us all - Keith Stewart, Art Critic