Justin O'Brien
1917-1996

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

Justin O'Brien

1917-1996
ADORATION OF THE KINGS (1946)

oil on paperboard
signed 'O'BRIEN' upper right
42.8 X 53.3CM

Provenance

Lady Storey, Melbourne
By descent
Private Collection, Melbourne
Australian and European Paintings, Christie's, Melbourne, 23 November 1998, lot 3, 'The Adoration of the Magi', illustrated
Private Collection
Australian & International Fine Art, Christie's, Melbourne, 27 November 2001, lot 16, 'The Adoration of the Magi', illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney

Exhibited

Christmas 1946, The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 11 December 1946 - 18 January 1947, no. 20, 25 gns
Easter 1948, The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 17 March - 5 April 1948, no. 16, 35 gns
Justin O'Brien: The Sacred Music of Colour, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 18 December 2010 - 27 February 2011, no. 12, illustrated

Literature

Paul Haefliger, 'Realism and the Artist', The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 11 December 1946
Barry Pearce and Natalie Wilson, Justin O'Brien: The Sacred Music of Colour, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2010, pp. 44 (illustrated), 57