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The Field Collection of art works, the majority by New Zealand’s most celebrated expatriate painter Frances Hodgkins, has legally become the property of the Mahara Gallery Trust, operator of Toi MAHARA in Waikanae.
As part of a ceremony to mark a year since the official opening of the rebuilt Toi MAHARA, trustees of the Field Collection Trust and trustees of Mahara Gallery Trust Board signed a Deed of Distribution, transferring ownership of the collection to the Gallery Trust.
The signing has been witnessed by Kāpiti Coast District Council Mayor, Janet Holborow. The Deed of Distribution will be permanently displayed in the Heritage Gallery that adjoins Te Kohinga | Collection Store in which the collection is housed.
The 44 works (24 by Frances Hodgkins) represent the largest publicly-owned collection of Frances Hodgkins’ work outside Dunedin, Te Papa and Auckland. They have been housed at Toi MAHARA since the Gallery was rebuilt last year to create the climate-controlled, museum-standard environment which a collection of national significance requires.
Field Collection trustee Kay Brown says the works were from the private collection of Frances Hodgkins’ nephew, G A H (Peter) Field, and his wife, Dorothy.
“Peter and Dorothy formed the Field Collection Trust to ensure that the works would be kept together and displayed for the benefit of the public, to promote the arts, and to inspire artists of future generations,” she said.
“The relationship between our Trust and the Mahara Gallery Trust Board was formed in 2000 when Field Trustees expressed the wish that Toi MAHARA, as the district gallery for Kāpiti, should become the long-term home for the Field Collection.”
“This was to keep the Field Collection in the same community which the Field family had called home and forged deep local roots within. It has taken time but today it is very satisfying for us to transfer ownership to an enduring guardian and for the works to have a permanent home.”
Mahara Gallery Trust Chairman Gordon Shroff expressed his Board’s appreciation of the gift and the trust that the Field Collection trustees had shown.
“We are conscious of the faith the Field Collection Trustees have shown in us and the sense of privilege we feel in becoming the owners and custodians of a collection with such significance not only locally but also to the rest of Aotearoa, New Zealand,” he said.
The Field and Mahara trustees have acknowledged the significant input, support and assistance of the Kāpiti Coast District Council in the rebuild of the gallery and providing the resources to enable the Gallery to operate in a professional manner.
As part of the requirements of the Deed, selected works from the Field Collection will be regularly displayed. Works will also be accessible for viewing by the public, by arrangement with Toi MAHARA staff. The Gallery will make works from the collection available on loan to other reputable art institutions to support further scholarship and growing awareness of the collection.
Distributed by the trustees of the Field Collection Trust and the Mahara Gallery Trust Board.
Below selection of images of the celebratory event. Credit: Andy Snaps.
