The sale of a rare landscape oil painting by Charles Goldie, the New Zealand artist who became one of New Zealand’s best known and eminent artists for his paintings of Maori elders (kaumatua) may be negotiated after it failed to reach the reserve .
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A 246-year-old oil painting of a Maori man in Dusky Sound, done by the official artist on Captain James Cook’s second voyage of exploration to the South Pacific and New Zealand, has failed to sell at an art auction in Auckland. William Hodges .
Two paintings, possibly the most significant and historically important in New Zealand, are each expected to bring over $1 million at an art auction in Auckland later this month. William Hodges was the official artist on Britain’s Royal Navy sloop, HMS .