Peter McIntyre New Zealand, 1910-1995
A Mountain Stream near the Desert Road, 1949
Oil on board
45 x 53 cm
Signed lower right, inscribed & dated 1949 verso
“The Desert Road crosses a comparatively small area but it is one of those parts of New Zealand that has a face and presence all its own. Only a mile...
“The Desert Road crosses a comparatively small area but it is one of those parts of New Zealand that has a face and presence all its own. Only a mile from the road I have watched the evening light while the trout rose on the small stream below me and a deer, head up and watchful, came out of the beech forest to drink at a pool”.
- Peter McIntyre’s New Zealand, 1964