Paratene (Para) Matchitt New Zealand, 1933-.
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About Paratene (Para) Matchitt
Born in 1933, in Tokomaru Bay, on the East Cape of New Zealand, artist Paratene Matchitt attended Auckland Teacher's College before moving to Dunedin to practice as a full time artist. He is a largely self-taught artist and began incorporating features from Maori rock art into his work as early as the 1950s. He was recognised as a leading Maori artist who works with sculpture, painting, printmaking, carving and assemblage, but fell from grace in 2001 when he was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for having a sexual relationship with an underage girl. .
The total number of works by Para Matchitt offered for sale by auction since 1994 is 187, of which 130 (70%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $54,634 for Whakapapa II sold by Webb's in March 2022. This year 2 works have been offered for sale. Works by Para Matchitt are held by the Auckland Art Gallery, Museum Of New Zealand and a further three major public national galleries (see list below).
Paratene (Para) Matchitt is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 161
- The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources.
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