Laurence Aberhart New Zealand, 1949-.
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About Laurence Aberhart
Eminent New Zealand photographer Laurence Aberhart was born in 1949 in Auckland. He trained to be a teacher and after short time in this role, he left the profession to pursue his interest in photography, which he taught himself. He held his first solo exhibition in Wellington in 1978 and travels regularly producing many collections of photographs taken around the world. Since 1978 he has exhibited frequently in Wellington, Auckland, Sydney and Hong Kong, as well as in Los Angeles and Europe. A survey of his work was shown at the Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia, in 2005. He has received a number of Art Council of New Zealand awards, a Fulbright Travel Grant to the USA in 1988, a Fulbright Research Fellowship in 2010) and a Moet et Chandon Fellowship in France in 1994. He was the recipient of an Arts Foundation Award in 2013.
We have records of art auction sales by Laurence Aberhart from 1998 and in total 290 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 193 (67%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $26,345 for View sold by Webb's in July 2008. This year 4 works have been offered for sale. Works by Laurence Aberhart are held by the Museum Of New Zealand, Auckland Art Gallery and a further five major public national galleries (see list below).
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