Tiro Tiro Ponui
Edith Collier, Artist
This is one of the
paintings
in our collection.
It was made in
Kāwhia, Waikato, New Zealand
in 1928.
About the Work
Collier’s
most
prolific
painting
period
after
her
return
to
New
Zealand
1922
was
at
Kawhia
Harbour
in
about
1927-1928.
‘Responding
to
the
isolation
and
solitude
of
Kawhia,
as
she
had
to
that
of
Bonmahon
and
Cornwall,
Edith
produced
numerous
portraits
of
Māori
women,
group
figure
studies
and
scenes
of
the
Kawhia
Harbour
and
the
surrounding
landscape.
In
Kawhia,
Edith
simply
replaced
the
peasants
and
fisher
people
of
Bonmahon
and
Cornwall
with
the
Māori
women
of
New
Zealand.
Dressed
in
similar
clothes
and
posed
in
similar
positions,
the
Māori
women
of
Kawhia
provided
material
that
was
both
familiar
and
fresh’.
The Kawhia works were the last Collier produced in such a sustained and schematic way.
Joanne Drayton, Edith Collier, Her Life and Work 1885-1964, p.68
The Kawhia works were the last Collier produced in such a sustained and schematic way.
Joanne Drayton, Edith Collier, Her Life and Work 1885-1964, p.68
Measurements
Frame 1041 x 736 x 56mm
Image 916 x 613mm
Image 916 x 613mm
Media
oil on hardboard
Description
Portrait of a Māori woman wearing a red head scarf, a checked shirt, and a black waistcoat. She is seated with her hands folded in her lap and facing the viewer. Her head, arms and hands are visible in the image and the background is dark.
Credit Line
Collection of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui. Gift of Mrs H White, 1972. This work was conserved with the generous support of Harry Tooman in 2004
Collection Type
Permanent collection
Acquisition Date
27 Jan 1972