Friday, August 6, 2010

The Estate of Brian Brake

Offerings to the Unknown Dead – Kyoto, 1964.
vintage colour photograph
460 x 665mm
$7000 - $12 000


On December 7th ART+OBJECT is to offer over 60 vintage prints from the estate of Brian Brake. A book will be published to mark this landmark event and the auction will coincide with a posthumous retrospective held by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Highlights include a complete boxed portfolio of twenty images of Picasso at the Bullfight, a large number of prints from the iconic Monsoon series and numerous images from the landmark Shadbolt/Brake publication New Zealand: Gift of the Sea. No outside entries will be accepted and further details are to come.