A collaborative artwork between the celebrated artist Ralph Hotere and his wife Mary McFarlane could fetch $80,000 when it goes under the hammer next month. The 1155mm x 915mm artwork will be sold at Cordy's auction house in Auckland on July 5. He held his first solo exhibition, the self-titled Ralph Hotere, at the Dunedin Public Library the same year. He attended St Peter's Maori College (Hato Petera College) and Auckland Teachers' College, before moving to Dunedin in 1952, to study art at the former King Edward Technical College. "His work is represented in every major public and private collection in New Zealand and in art museums throughout the world."

Source: New Zealand Herald June 25, 2016 05:03 UTC