1.175 the number in thousands of small canvases hung on one wall of the Peter McLeavey gallery for John Reynolds’s Looking West, late afternoon, low water
3 the price in thousands of dollars Peter McLeavey put on Colin McCahon’s Northland Panels the first time it was shown in the Gallery in 1968
4 the number of women on the current artist roster of the Peter McLeavey Gallery
10 the original weekly rental for the space on Cuba Street in pounds
10 the number of architectural features in the gallery censured by Billy Apple in 1979
21 the number of artists on the current Peter McLeavey Gallery roster
25 the number in thousands of dollars paid for the Northland panels by the National Art Gallery in 1978
45 the number of years of exhibitions held at 147 Cuba Street
68 the number of artists who have had solo exhibitions at the Peter McLeavey Gallery
74 the age of Lois White when she had her first ever solo exhibition at the McLeavey Gallery in 1977
78 Peter McLeavey's age in years
94 the number of pounds received for Peter's McLeavey’s first sale (a work by Tosswill Woollaston)
100 the number of dollars in thousands the BNZ allocated to Peter McLeavey each year to build its collection in the 1980s
147 the Cuba Street address of the Peter McLeavey Gallery
544 the number of exhibitions shown at the Peter McLeavey Gallery to date
1900 the year the building at 147 Cuba Street was constructed
All but a couple of these numbers were taken from Jill Trevelyan's excellent book Peter McLeavey: the life and times of a New Zealand art dealer. You can purchase a copy here.
Image: Peter McLeavey with a painting from Julian Dashper's exhibition in September 1989
