ROY DE MAISTRE
1894-1968

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE DR JAN ALTMANN, MELBOURNE

ROY DE MAISTRE

1894-1968
Jacob Wrestling the Angel (1958)

oil on board
signed 'R de Maistre' lower left
90 x 140 cm

• Lot Sold $30,000 (Hammer Price)
• $36,600 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Private Collection
Modern British Paintings, Sotheby's, London, 26 February 2003, lot 91, 'The Searchers', illustrated
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Dr Jan Altmann, Melbourne

Exhibited

The Religious Theme, Tate Gallery, London, 10 July - 21 August 1958, no. 29
Roy de Maistre: A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings 1917-1960, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, May -
June 1960, no. 120
Bodies and Minds, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 15 May - 2 June 2007, no. 16, illustrated