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Few New Zealand artists have explored the meeting of land, sea and light with the clarity and contemplative precision of Michael Smither.

Almost a quarter of a century old, this painting comes from Stichbury's 2001 exhibition The Pleasure Seekers. Shown at Anna Bibby Gallery in Auckland, this was a series that Stichbury described as being about people who have been leeched of their identity [to become] sexualised empty shells.

Painted in 1963, Pipiwharauroa - Shining Cuckoo belongs to the defining early period of Don Binney's career.

It is rare to uncover a hidden painting, let alone to find two hidden works.

Peter Siddell stands among New Zealand’s most celebrated realist painters, renowned for his meticulously detailed depictions of suburban architecture and landscape. City with Towered Houses (1974) captures the hallmarks of Siddell’s distinctive visual language. Painted at a formative moment in his career, this work reflects his singular ability to merge observation, memory and invention into a quietly compelling atmosphere.

Early on in her painting career, while still living in Dunedin, Frances Hodgkins displayed a keen eye for architectural detail, accurately rendering stone barns and waterwheels; vernacular houses with pitched roofs and tall chimneys, or vertical tongue and groove outhouses with missing window panes — all indicative of human and animal habitation.