GORDON WALTERS by Francis Pound (AUP, $89.99 hb)
“ Walters would mix six colours to achieve a grey. His perfectionism drove him to destroy half his work.
Francis Pound writes: “It has long been my experience that when we New Zealanders want to show something of our art to visitors from Europe, we show them McCahon. But what they want to see is Walters.” I myself would prefer to take visitors to see the work of carver Pataromu Tamatea or later Robin White or Gordon Walters of any period, from the Koru series to before and after. And I would feel the more confident in doing so from all I have learned from Pound’s magnificent, magisterial Gordon Walters.
This mighty monograph is an art history masterclass, the most in-depth
