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A large and historically significant archive of correspondence
Estimate:
$20,000 - $30,000
Passed
Live Auction
178: Theo Schoon : An Outsider Looking in - The Christine Fernyhough Collection
Description
A large and historically significant archive of correspondence
including:
Letters to Michael Dunn from Theo Schoon from the period 1964 - 1984
approximately 125 handwritten pages of letters addressed to Michael Dunn
Provenance:
Previously in the collection of Professor Emeritus Michael Dunn.
Purchased from Art+Object, 24 February 2016, Lot No. 40.
Letters to Keith Jacobs from Theo Schoon
Two aerogram handwritten letters to Keith Jacobs in Italy from Theo Schoon while he was located in Sydney, circa 1985. Each letter folds in two places to seal closed. The blue Croxley branded letter has four New Zealand stamps while the lighter green aerogramme has a 45c Australian stamp and is branded with Westpac Banking Corporation at the top.
Letters to Frank Rogers from Theo Schoon
Five-page photocopy of a letter to Frank Rogers, circa Oct/Nov 1983
Statements on Theo Schoon by Gordon Walters
Two pages of typed statements by Gordon Walters about Theo Schoon, dated 24.2.1983, 27.11.1982 and 28.3.1983
Two letters between Rex Fairburn and Theo Schoon
One-page typed letter to Bill (and Theo Schoon) from Rex Fairburn dated 24th April 1948. And, a response two-page letter to Rex Fairburn dated 25th June 1948. The letters include details about what Theo Schoon is doing in his Rock Drawing project with a hope to get something published and a few responses to the work to work he is doing.
Letter to Theo Schoon from William Fairburn
One-page typed letter to Theo Schoon from ‘Wi’ (William Fairburn?) dated 1st October 1946. The letter writes about a storm last week that Theo was in. The 26 writer getting an Army Tent for Theo and the request for Theo to paint portraits of his wife and two children.
Two typed documents.
One eight-page document is titled ‘Rock Drawings’ with the sub-section headings ‘Their Period & Significance’, ‘Gray’s Hills’ Quarries’ and ‘Moa Hunter’s and Māoris’. The second two-page document is titled ‘Moas’.
Handwritten recipe of how to make oil ground from Cliff Brunsden:
“Oil Ground Ordinary White lead, add 50% China Clay add Turpentine and Raw Linseed Oil to thin down Add powder colour mixed with turps as desired. Kind Regards C. Brunsden”
On a post-it note attached to the letter is the note “Cliff Brunsden was a Timaru artist and the founding director of Aigenteigh Art Gallery - Michael Vance”
Handwritten note on the cave drawings covering various points on the cave drawings with the name Dana Coman, dated 23 Feb 1949.
Various handwritten letters, memo’s and notes relating to the rock drawings work of Theo Schoon
Documents regarding loans to Theo Schoon
Eleven typed letters, including one money order to the Department of Internal Affairs, ten refund authorisations to W. Vance and a letter from Stafford Building to Theo regarding the sale? of 14 boards. The dates range from 22/7/1947 to 24/3/1949.
Transcript from an interview with Theo Schoon, 1982
Five-page typed transcript, the interview recorded in Rotorua on the 30th September 1982; also featuring Martin Rumsby, John Perry and Gerald Moonen
Provenance:
Part of the William Vance Archive of Correspondence, Publications, Articles and Photographs relating to the Theo Schoon Cave Art Project, purchased from Art+Object, 21 May 2014 auction, lot 249.
including:
Letters to Michael Dunn from Theo Schoon from the period 1964 - 1984
approximately 125 handwritten pages of letters addressed to Michael Dunn
Provenance:
Previously in the collection of Professor Emeritus Michael Dunn.
Purchased from Art+Object, 24 February 2016, Lot No. 40.
Letters to Keith Jacobs from Theo Schoon
Two aerogram handwritten letters to Keith Jacobs in Italy from Theo Schoon while he was located in Sydney, circa 1985. Each letter folds in two places to seal closed. The blue Croxley branded letter has four New Zealand stamps while the lighter green aerogramme has a 45c Australian stamp and is branded with Westpac Banking Corporation at the top.
Letters to Frank Rogers from Theo Schoon
Five-page photocopy of a letter to Frank Rogers, circa Oct/Nov 1983
Statements on Theo Schoon by Gordon Walters
Two pages of typed statements by Gordon Walters about Theo Schoon, dated 24.2.1983, 27.11.1982 and 28.3.1983
Two letters between Rex Fairburn and Theo Schoon
One-page typed letter to Bill (and Theo Schoon) from Rex Fairburn dated 24th April 1948. And, a response two-page letter to Rex Fairburn dated 25th June 1948. The letters include details about what Theo Schoon is doing in his Rock Drawing project with a hope to get something published and a few responses to the work to work he is doing.
Letter to Theo Schoon from William Fairburn
One-page typed letter to Theo Schoon from ‘Wi’ (William Fairburn?) dated 1st October 1946. The letter writes about a storm last week that Theo was in. The 26 writer getting an Army Tent for Theo and the request for Theo to paint portraits of his wife and two children.
Two typed documents.
One eight-page document is titled ‘Rock Drawings’ with the sub-section headings ‘Their Period & Significance’, ‘Gray’s Hills’ Quarries’ and ‘Moa Hunter’s and Māoris’. The second two-page document is titled ‘Moas’.
Handwritten recipe of how to make oil ground from Cliff Brunsden:
“Oil Ground Ordinary White lead, add 50% China Clay add Turpentine and Raw Linseed Oil to thin down Add powder colour mixed with turps as desired. Kind Regards C. Brunsden”
On a post-it note attached to the letter is the note “Cliff Brunsden was a Timaru artist and the founding director of Aigenteigh Art Gallery - Michael Vance”
Handwritten note on the cave drawings covering various points on the cave drawings with the name Dana Coman, dated 23 Feb 1949.
Various handwritten letters, memo’s and notes relating to the rock drawings work of Theo Schoon
Documents regarding loans to Theo Schoon
Eleven typed letters, including one money order to the Department of Internal Affairs, ten refund authorisations to W. Vance and a letter from Stafford Building to Theo regarding the sale? of 14 boards. The dates range from 22/7/1947 to 24/3/1949.
Transcript from an interview with Theo Schoon, 1982
Five-page typed transcript, the interview recorded in Rotorua on the 30th September 1982; also featuring Martin Rumsby, John Perry and Gerald Moonen
Provenance:
Part of the William Vance Archive of Correspondence, Publications, Articles and Photographs relating to the Theo Schoon Cave Art Project, purchased from Art+Object, 21 May 2014 auction, lot 249.
