Untitled [Man on Rocky Foreshore]

Catalogue

Seascape showing a man wearing a hat bent over rocks, working on a groin structure with a pickaxe. Small row boat casting reflections on water, left background. Boat or ship in far distant horizon.

Date

c. 1917 – 1924

Object type

watercolour

Medium and materials

watercolour and pencil on paper

Dimensions

175x252mm

Place Made

Nelson or Wellington, New Zealand

Inscriptions

LR Flora Scales (F reversed)

Current Collection

Private Collection

Current Location

Wellington, New Zealand

Keywords

landscape format watercolour landscape boat man in hat New Zealand early work seascape

This painting was purchased before 1938 by the original owner, the family of Roger and Nancy Hunt, who knew Flora Scales in Nelson, New Zealand.

Correspondence with the original owner, Alister Hunt, to B. de Lange, 04.07.1983, “As you will see, the picture is a quiet little scene of (I think) the foreshore at Monaco, Nelson, with a man and a pick. I always liked its quiet serenity achieved with considerable economy of apparent effort.”

Current owner notes that the watercolour is washed over pencil.

Acknowledgments

Photos by Shaun Waugh