JOHN PASSMORE
1904-1984
Figure Reclining on Beach
$50,000–70,000
PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM THE HAROLD E MERTZ COLLECTION OF AUSTRALIAN ART, TEXAS
JOHN PASSMORE
1904-1984
Figure Reclining on Beach
oil on composition board
72 x 94.5 cm
Provenance
John Passmore, Sydney
Private Collection
Mr Harold Mertz, New York
The University of Texas, Austin, United States of America, gift from the above in 1972 (label verso)
The Harold E Mertz Collection of Australian Art, Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 28 June 2000, lot 51, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
Important Australian Art, Smith & Singer (trading as Sotheby's Australia), Sydney, 27 August 2019, lot 3, illustrated
Private Collection, New South Wales, acquired from the above
Exhibited
The Mertz Collection of Contemporary Australian Painting, National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 10 March - 11 April 1966, no. 70
The Australian Painters 1964-66: Contemporary Australian Painting from the Mertz Collection, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 10 March - 16 April 1967, no. 111, illustrated
Legends and Landscape in Australian Art: A Selection of Paintings from the Harold E Mertz Collection at the Archer M Huntington Art Gallery, The University of Texas at Austin, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 9 November - 19 December 1986
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Geoffrey SmithChairman Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Geoffrey Smith |
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Gary SingerChief Executive Officer Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Gary Singer |
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Emily WalkerAdministrator, Art Australian & International Art |
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David MackayGallery Manager Sydney |
