Monday 21 December 2009

On the 6th, 7th and 8th day of Christmas

It's the eights day of Christmas already! Apologies for not posting the 6th and 7th days over the weekend - i blame it on Christmas-itis.
Instead, I've added those days to the list today.

"On the 8th Day of Christmas
my true love gave to me
8 Maids-a-Milking / 8 plants of puha

Marti Friedlander, West Coast 1969, 2000, gelatin silver prints, toned with gold, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, gift of Marti Friedlander, with assistance from the Elise Mourant Bequest, 2001

...or
Colin McCahon, Anyone who lives on milk..., 1969,
charcoal on wallpaper stock, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, on loan from a Private Collection

...or
Duncan Grant, Persephone, colour lithograph, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, gift of Rex Nan Kivell, 1953

...or


Unknown, Krishna With Radha and the Milkmaids, circa 1750, tempera on paper, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, purchased 1970



......7 eels a swimming / 7 Swans a-Swimming

George French Angas, Implements & Domestic Economy, circa 1847, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, purchased 2009


Alexander Bannerman, Copy of Roman Wall Painting, etching and engraving, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, purchased 1955


Enea Vico and Michaelangelo, Leda and the Swan, 1542, engraving, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, gift of Mr G M Mitford, 1883



Jacques Perée, Piron, P Dien, Cigne noir du Cap de Diemen, 1791, engraving on paper, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, purchased 1964


.......6 Geese a laying / 6 pois a twirling

A Lois White, Poi Dance, circa 1952, oil on hardboard, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, purchased 1989

...or
Bruce Foster, Angie and Goose, 1977, Black and white photograph, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, purchased 1978

..or
Vera Temple, Canada Goose, 1939, colour lithograph, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, gift of Mr Rex Nan Kivell, 1953


....5 goooooooooold rings

Gavin Hipkins, The Ring, 2000, photographic paper/paper (fiber product)/Materials, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, purchased 2004

.......4 huhu grubs

Richard Killeen, Black crawlers, 1978, acrylic lacquer on aluminiumAuckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, purchased 1981

....3 French hens
John Tarlton, Hitching home - mid-term break, 1989, cibachrome photograph,Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, purchased 1989

....2 turtle doves
Percy Thomas, The Doves, etching, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, gift of Mrs Ada Chapman Taylor, 1930

......and a pukeko in a ponga tree"
Percy Bagnall, Pukeko, 1919, colour lithographAuckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, transferred from the Auckland Public Library, 1932

Gasp!!!

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