Early 20th century C. F. Goldie print under glass in an oak frame showing a Maori Chief with a Greenstone Patu or Mere.
Overall size 450 mm x 370 mm. Print measures 335 mm x 260 mm.
Framed by Frances Frames Ltd, Manukau Rd, Auckland
Goldie Portraits such as this print were produced and distributed around Christmastime in illustrated newspapers such as The Graphic, or the Auckland Weekly News. To this day the reproduction of Goldie’s paintings in this way were problematic for the Māori subjects and descendants, yet were ‘eagerly collected by Māori, placed in meeting houses and displayed at tangi’.