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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

GRACE COSSINGTON SMITH
1892-1984

Gum Blossom 1946

$120,000–160,000

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© The Estate of Grace Cossington Smith

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

GRACE COSSINGTON SMITH

1892-1984
Gum Blossom 1946

oil on pulpboard
signed and dated 'G. Cossington Smith. 46' lower left; signed and inscribed 'Gum Blossom fading in the Window / Grace Cossington Smith' verso (label)
55.6 x 45.5 cm

  • Lot Sold $155,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $190,227 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Grace Cossington Smith, Sydney
The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Private Collection
Australian and European Paintings, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 27 April 1992, lot 10, 'Artist's Bedroom Window', illustrated
Private Collection, acquired from the above
Australian and European Paintings, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 3 August 1999, lot 129, 'Gum Blossom Fading in the Window', illustrated
Savill Galleries, Sydney, acquired from the above (label verso)
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Easter Exhibition, The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 10-29 April 1946, no. 20, 19 gns
Pioneer Contemporaries: Roy De Maistre, Grace Cossington Smith, Roland Wakelin, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 23 November - 2 December 1960, no. 21, 'Gum Blossom Fading in the Window' (label verso)

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