Gordon Walters

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Gordon Walters, Tautahi, 1970 (2024)
Screenprint on archival paper, print: 106h x 80w cm; framed: 119.50h x 95w x 4.50d cm

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Gordon Walters, Untitled stripes, undated
Ink on paper, 49h x 47w cm framed

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Gordon Walters, Untitled stripes, undated
Gouache on paper, 44h x 52w cm framed

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Gordon Walters, Untitled, 1989
Gouache on paper, 70h x 38.5w cm framed

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Gordon Walters, Preparatory study - Untitled koru, undated
Ink on paper, 40h x 32w cm framed

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Gordon Walters, Untitled
Acrylic on canvas, 48.5h x 61w cm

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Gordon Walters, Untitled
Acrylic on canvas, 90h x 71w cm

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Gordon Walters, Untitled, 1994
Acrylic on canvas, 51h x 41w cm

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Gordon Walters, Untitled, 1991
Acrylic on canvas, 51h x 41w cm

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Gordon Walters, Untitled, 1994
Acrylic on canvas, 46h x 36w cm

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Gordon Walters, Untitled, 1962
Gouache on paper 26h x 38w cm, framed in hand gessoed box frame with museum glass 50h x 58w cm

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Gordon Walters, One, Two, Three, 1988
Gouache on paper 60.5h x 40.5w cm, Framed 70h x 49.4w cm

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Gordon Walters, Genealogy 5, 1971 (2023)
Screenprint on Hahnemuhle 640 gsm archival art board with white box frame, 110h x 98.50w cm print; 116.50h x 104.50w cm framed
Edition of 100 + 1 AP

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Gordon Walters, Untitled, 1966
ink on paper, 51.5 x 31.5 cm image size
courtesy of the Walters Estate

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Gordon Walters, Untitled, 1966
Gouache on paper, 36.2 x 36.5 cm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery Loan Collection
Courtesy of the Gordon Walters Estate

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Gordon Walters, Untitled, undated
Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 49 cm

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Gordon Walters, Untitled, undated
Acrylic on canvas, 61 x 50 cm

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Gordon Walters, Untitled, 1974
Acrylic on canvas, 51h x 40.3w cm

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Gordon Walters, Untitled, undated, acrylic on canvas

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Gordon Walters, Construction with Pale Blue - Transparency Painting, 1989
Acrylic on canvas, 60.5 x 40.5 cm
courtesy of the Walters Estate

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Gordon Walters, Untitled, acrylic on canvas, 50.5 x 40.5 cm
courtesy of the Walters Estate

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Gordon Walters, Painting No.7 (1965), 2016
Screenprint on archival paper, image size 50.5 x 38 cm, framed size 79.5 x 61.5 cm

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Gordon Walters, Untitled (1978), 2018
P.V.A. and acrylic on canvas, 150 x 120 cm
courtesy of the Walters Estate

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Gordon Walters, Untitled, undated
Acrylic on canvas, 122 x 91.5 cm
courtesy of the Walters Estate

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Gordon Walters, Genealogy III (2020), 1971
Screenprint on archival paper, image size 935 x 715 cm, paper size 1060 x 805 cm

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Gordon Walters, Untitled, undated
Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 cm

Gordon Walters (1919-1995) is best known for his paintings employing the koru, the curving bulb form from Maori moko and kowhaiwhai rafter patterns. From 1956 until his death he undertook a rigorous investigation of the koru form in the context of international modernism. He Mondrian-ised the koru, straightening and regimenting its scroll-like forms, taking it from organic to strictly geometric. 2023 saw the launch of a comprehensive monograph, Gordon Walters, researched and written over several years by Dr. Francis Pound. At Art Basel Hong Kong 2014, Starkwhite and the Walters Estate staged an exhibition of his koru paintings from 1956 – 1983, along with Chrysanthemum (1944), which is considered to be one of his most important early works.

Walters is a revered figure in New Zealand, recognised for a long and productive career spanning five decades. The Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki presented a retrospective exhibition of his work in 1983 and a survey exhibition Parallel Lines in 1994. He has been included in many survey shows, including A Very Peculiar Practice: Aspects of Recent New Zealand Art at the City Gallery, Wellington. Walters is represented in the country’s major public collections and his place in our art history is also memorialised in the bi-annual Walters Prize exhibition and award at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

Starkwhite is delighted to work in partnership with the Walters Estate to further the understanding and reach of Walters artistic legacy.

Artist CV ↓

Peter Adsett & Gordon Walters
STARKWHITE Auckland
27 Jun – 26 Jul 2025

Lewis Fidock & Joshua Petherick, Diena Georgetti, Bill Henson, Jonny Niesche, Fiona Pardington, Jamie Te Heuheu, Jelena Telecki, Gordon Walters, Pae White and Michael Zavros
Sydney Contemporary
05 – 08 Sep 2024

Sally Gabori, Bill Henson, Jamie Te Heuheu, Jonny Niesche, Fiona Pardington, Gordon Walters and Michael Zavros
Aotearoa Art Fair
18 Apr – 21 Apr 2024

Gordon Walters
History
STARKWHITE Auckland
09 Feb – 31 Mar 2024

Gordon Walters by Francis Pound
Book Launch
STARKWHITE Auckland
14 Sep 2023

Sally Gabori, Michael Zavros, Jonny Niesche, Petra Cortright, Gerold Miller, Seung Yul Oh, Richard Maloy, Gordon Walters and Paul Davies
Surface Tension
STARKWHITE Queenstown
06 Jul – 20 Aug 2023

Whitney Bedford, Bill Henson, Fiona Pardington, Gerold Miller, Jonny Niesche, John Reynolds, Gordon Walters and Michael Zavros
Aotearoa Art Fair
02 – 05 Mar 2023

Jonny Niesche, Whitney Bedford, Bill Henson, Seung Yul Oh, Gordon Walters
Sampler
STARKWHITE Queenstown
02 – 6 Feb 2023

Gerold Miller, Gordon Walters
Miller meets Walters
STARKWHITE Auckland
08 Dec 2022 – 31 Jan 2023

Bill Henson, Fiona Pardington, Gerold Miller, Jonny Niesche, Seung Yul Oh, Gordon Walters and Michael Zavros
Aotearoa Art Fair
16 – 20 Nov 2022