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Art Works in the Central Library (and ISB link)

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The Central Library houses a significant collection of works by modern New Zealand artists.

Library Collection

The Library has received several generous donations over many years as well as purchasing a few works.

A selection of details of works from the Library's collection.


Detail. Entry in competition for library reading room mural Ross Ritchie, 1966	Detail. Design for University of Otago mural Ralph Hotere, 1965-66	Detail. Preliminary study for University of Otago Library mural. Numbers Theme Colin MacCahon, 1966	Detail. Proposal mural, University of Otago Library. Theme & variations (blue) Milan Mrkusich, 1966	Detail. University of Otago mural colour note & design. Figures in light theme Pat Hanly, 1966

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Embellishment Collection

The Embellishment Collection serves the purpose of enriching the University's buildings and campus, and providing records of individuals and events. This is the largest collection, and is located throughout the University. The University of Otago artworks catalogue (PDF1 6KB, 1 page)

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Frances Hodgkins Fellowship Trust Collection

The Frances Hodgkins Fellowship Trust Collection has been formed over the last few years through the generous donation of art works by artists who have held the Fellowship in the past. In 1997, the Community Trust of Otago donated funds to ensure that the Fellowship could continue to be offered to practising artists, and that this extraordinary collection of works could be enjoyed by as many New Zealanders as possible. Early in March 1998, other works from the collection were installed around the University on display, and this installation in the Information Services Building means that nearly all the works are now able to be seen by the public.

The Frances Hodgkins Fellowship was established in 1962 through the generous interest of anonymous friends of the University. The general purpose of the Fellowship is to aid and encourage painters and sculptors in the practice and advancement of their art, to associate them with the life of the University, and at the same time to foster an interest in the arts within the University. The Fellowship is open to any man or woman normally resident in New Zealand who has executed sufficient work to show that he or she possesses some talent as a painter or sculptor, and as a serious artist will benefit from the tenure of the Fellowship.

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Frances Hodgkins Fellowship Award Recipients

Since the Fellowship was established, the following awards have been made:

Year	Artist	Year	Artist	Year	Artist
		1980	Andrew R. Drummond	2000	Jim Speers
		1981	Gretchen W. Albrecht	2001	Ava Seymour
		1982	Christopher E. Booth	2002	Scott Eady
		1983	Joanna M. Paul	2003	Sarah Hughes
		1984	Michael R. Armstrong	2004	Mladen Bizumic
		1985	Denis O'Connor	2005	Rohan Wealleans
1966	Michael Illingworth	1986	Ian C. McMillan	2006	Sarah Munro
1967	Tanya Ashken	1987	Kendal R. Heyes	2007	Ben Cauchi
1968	Derek W. Ball	1988	Julia M. Morison	2008	Heather Straka
1969	Ralph Hotere	1989	Shona Rapira Davies	2009	Eddie Clemens
1970	Michael D. Smither	1990	Siegfried Köglmeier	2010	Joana Langford
1971	Marté Szirmay	1991	Christine J. Webster
1972	Marté Szirmay	1992	Neil R. Frazer
1973	Ray W. Thorburn	1993	Peter Gibson Smith
1974	Marilynn Webb	1994	Nicola J. Jackson
1975	John S. Parker	1995	Jeffrey Thomson
1976	Ian B. Bergquist	1996	Fiona Pardington
1977	Jeffrey A. Harris	1997	Fiona Pardington
1978	Grahame C. Sydney	1998	Shane Cotton
1979	Matthew W. Pine	1999	Seraphine Pick

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Title of art work	Medium	Artist	Date	Location
Brazil is Fine, Jeffrey	wood	Jim Speers	2001	ISB Link, east
Stretcher to Te Pahi	mixed media	Chris Booth	1986	Ground Floor, adjacent to main entrance
Pacific Totem	fibreglass	Marté Szirmay	1972	Ground Floor, adjacent to main entrance
Sonata at Mapoutahi, Purakanui, Otago	oil on canvas	Sam Foley	2001	Ground Floor, opposite main entrance
How Can I Go Forward?	oil on board	Lyle Penisula	1990	Ground Floor, opposite main entrance
Three Brothers Corner	mixed media	Jim Speers	2001	Ground Floor, east
Green Turtles	synthetic polymer on wood	Ron Lusty-Meyer	2000	Ground Floor, staff area
A Canopy Study	watercolour on paper	Louise Henderson	1972	Ground Floor, committee room
Portrait of Dame Louise Henderson in her Studio	synthetic polymer on canvas	Glenda Randerson	1990	Ground Floor, staff area
Honey Sacs	synthetic polymer on board	Ron Lusty-Meyer	2002	Ground Floor, Disabilities Room
Tracking for Food	synthetic polymer on board	Ron Lusty-Meyer	2001	Ground Floor, staff area
Horses	photo-mechanical offset lithograph	Vittore Pisanello	1450	Ground Floor, staff area
Virginia Woolf	linocut	John Robinson	1981	Ground Floor, staff area
University Library	woodblock print	Manu Berry	2004	Ground Floor, committee room
Frogman's View	silk batik	Brenda Shore	1975	Ground Floor, committee room
Willow and Dark Water	pastel	Marilynn Webb	1995	Ground Floor, reference collection
Going Through Fiordland: Doubtful Sound	pastel	Marilynn Webb	2002	Ground Floor, reference collection
Jerusalem Series	13/22 lithograph	Ralph Hotere	2002	Ground Floor, Te Aka a Tā;whaki
Round Midnight July	18/24 lithograph	Ralph Hotere	2000	Ground Floor, Te Aka a Tā;whaki
Departure Point	ink on three unstretched sheets of linen	Shona Rapira Davies	1993	Ground Floor, Te Aka a Tā;whaki
Gifts for a Girl Leaving Home. To Brigid at Whatipu	4/5 blind intaglio and relief print	Robin White	1991	Ground Floor, reference collection
Lily Roots & Small Desert Melons	synthetic polymer on board	Ron Lusty-Meyer	2001	Ground Floor, reference collection
Conceptual Ghosts in the Exclusive Portrait	mixed media	Michael Armstrong	1992	Ground Floor, reference collection
Daphne	fibreglass	Robert Nettleton Field	1967	First floor, east (outside Divisional office)
Sacred Black Serpent	synthetic polymer on board	Ron Lusty-Meyer	2001	First floor, east (outside Divisional office)
Figures in Light Theme	synthetic polymer paint & pencil on board	Pat Hanly	1966	First floor, committee room 2
Wandjina-Kaluru	synthetic polymer on board	Ron Lusty-Meyer	2002	First floor, east reading room
Lunar Man	synthetic polymer on board	Ron Lusty-Meyer	2000	First floor, east reading room
Solar Woman	synthetic polymer on board	Ron Lusty-Meyer	2000	First floor, east reading room
Corstorphine from Health, Happiness and Housing series	digital print on board	Ava Seymour	1997	First floor, west
Veduta dell' anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo	etching	Giovanni Battista Piranesi	nd	First floor, Charles Brasch Court
Veduta degli avanzi superiori delle Terme di Diocleziano	etching	Giovanni Battista Piranesi	nd	First floor, Charles Brasch Court
Veduta della Piazza del Camidoglio	etching	Giovanni Battista Piranesi	nd	First floor, Charles Brasch Court
Veduta interna della Basilica di Sta. Maria Maggiore	etching	Giovanni Battista Piranesi	nd	First floor, Charles Brasch Court
Portrait of Charles Brasch	oil	Evelyn Page	1937	First floor, Charles Brasch Court
Bust of Charles Brasch	bronze	Paul Beadle	nd	First floor, Charles Brasch Court
Dr E. S. de Beer	bronze	Anthony Stones	1983	First floor, Charles Brasch Court
Portrait of Esmond de Beer	gelatin silver print	Walter Bird (courtesy of Godfrey Argent Studio, London)	1965	First floor, Charles Brasch Court
Theme & Variations (Blue)	synthetic polymer paint on canvas	Milan Mrkusich	1966	First floor, west, reading room
Numbers Theme	oil on board	Colin McCahon	1966	First floor, west, reading room
Waterfall theme & variations	lacquer on board	Colin McCahon	1966	First floor, west, reading room
Detail of sybils from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel	photo-mechanical offset lithograph	Michaelangelo Buonarroti	1508 - 1512	First floor, west, committee room
Untitled (mural design)	mixed media on board	Ralph Hotere	1965-1966	Second Floor, east, outside staff room
Missing Central	synthetic polymer paint on canvas	Pauline Belamy	1997	Second Floor, staff room
Faces in the Water	Book	poems by Brian Turner ; woodcuts by John Mitchell	2004	Second Floor, staff room
St Leonards Morning	synthetic polymer paint on canvas	Reuben Fischer	1998	Second Floor, staff room
Retribution	Steel & baked enamel	Richard Killeen	1979	Second Floor, staff room
Untitled (mural design)	synthetic polymer on canvas	Ross Ritchie	1966	Second Floor
Untitled (mural design)	mixed media on board	Don Peebles	1966	Second Floor, Reading Room

Last revised: 26 March, 2010

Art Works in the Central Library (and ISB link)

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Library Collection

A selection of details of works from the Library's collection.

Embellishment Collection

Frances Hodgkins Fellowship Trust Collection

Frances Hodgkins Fellowship Award Recipients

List of works in the Central Library