Lot 29: Tony Fomison Detail for a Dancing Skeleton oil on

Tony Fomison Detail for a Dancing Skeleton oil on hessian in artist's original frame title inscribed, signed and dated 19 - 23. 9. 70, 20 - 26. 10. 70, 2 - 4. 11. 70, 15.12. 70 and inscribed from Magic Lantern advert for Famous Monsters of Filmland Comic; original Fomison catalogue exhibition label affixed verso Provenance : Purchased by the current owner from Elva Bett Gallery, Wellington in 1973. : Private collection, Christchurch Illustrated : Ian Wedde (ed), Fomison: What shall we tell them? (City Gallery, Wellington, 1994), p. 113. Exhibited : 'Fomison: What shall we tell them?', City Gallery, Wellington (touring), 1994 : 'Coming Home in the Dark', October 15 2004 - March 27 2005, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetu. 620 x 887mm