Captures the effect of rainy Wellington evening
Artist: Thomas Arthur (T.A.) McCormack (1883-1973)
Title: Night Town Hall Wellington
Date: 1930s
School: New Zealand
Medium: Drypoint
Dimensions: 297 x 212mm (plate)
Watermark: none
Inscriptions/marks: on the support lower border from left to right in pencil <<Night Town Hall Wellington Drypoint T. A. McCormack>>
Condition: Good condition. Removed from backing sheet by conservator. Typical matt burn.
Description: Night scene of the Wakefield Street entrance to Wellington Town Hall with crowd entering and exiting.
Reference: Gail Ross, ‘New Zealand Prints 1900-1950: An Unseen Heritage’, unpublished PhD thesis, University of Canterbury, 2006, vol. II, p. 55.
Provenance: Dunbar Sloane, Wellington, Sale 1487, 21 October 2020, lot 0053
