Donald Sinclair (Don) Driver New Zealand, 1930-2011
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About Don Driver
Born in 1930, Don Driver was born in Hastings, Hawke's Bay in the north island of New Zealand, and studied at the New Plymouth Technical College. A largely self-taught contemporary artist, he is a painter and printmaker, and is also known for his collages and assemblages of unusual materials such as discarded junk and trivia. A retrospective of his work was held at the New gallery in Auckland in 2000.
We have records of art auction sales by Don Driver from 1989 and in total 293 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 180 (61%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $47,251 for La Guardia No. 2 1966 sold by Webb's in July 2021. This year 9 works have been offered for sale. Works by Don Driver are held by the Museum Of New Zealand, Auckland Art Gallery and a further five major public national galleries (see list below).
Don Driver 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 68
- 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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