John Perceval 1923-2000

• Lot Sold $220,000 (Hammer Price)
• $264,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

SHIP’S GRAVEYARD 1956
oil and tempera on composition board
signed and dated ‘Perceval 1956’ lower right
72 X 121CM

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Melbourne
Fine Australian Paintings, Books, Sculpture & Photographs, Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 24 July 1988, lot 349, ‘Boats at Williamstown, Akuna’, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney

EXHIBITED

Exhibition of Paintings by John Perceval, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 12-30 November 1956, no. 13, 75 gns
John Perceval Exhibition, David Jones’ Art Gallery, Sydney, 29 May - 7 June 1957, no. 9, 75 gns
Crouch Exhibition 1958, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, 20 March 1958, no. 253, 65 gns

LITERATURE

Alan McCulloch, ‘Fine Art and Industry’, The Herald, Melbourne, 14 November 1956 p. 24 (illustrated)
Traudi Allen, John Perceval, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1992, p. 156