Fine Art Auction Part I Saturday, 14 November 2026 / 11:00 am start

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Doris Lusk - ‘Banks Peninsula Landscape’, Watercolour, 1986

Current Bid $130 (23 bids, reserve not met)

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Lot Details

Doris Lusk (1916 - 1990) Banks Peninsula Landscape (1986) Watercolour Signed & dated bottom right 500 x 660mm Provenance: Private collection, Christchurch Condition: Very good In the 1970s her work became looser and freer, experimenting with flicking and brushing paint onto wet canvas to create blurred and stained effects, apparently random but always compositionally controlled. Banks Peninsula 1986 exemplifies this, which are well suited to convey the rugged, wild nature of the Peninsula – the tussock-clad, windswept hills dotted with native bush, rocky outcrops, twisting metal roads winding past pebbly beaches, and the deep blue waters of Akaroa Harbour. With its perennial, fresh vitality and recognisable subject matter, Lusk’s work retains its enduring appeal.

Doris Lusk - ‘Banks Peninsula Landscape’, Watercolour, 1986 Image 1++
Doris Lusk - ‘Banks Peninsula Landscape’, Watercolour, 1986 Image 1++
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