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PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PATRICIA REID, SYDNEY

JUSTIN O'BRIEN
1917-1996

Boy in a Brown Hat (1959)

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© Reproduced with permission of the Estate of Justin O’Brien

PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PATRICIA REID, SYDNEY

JUSTIN O'BRIEN

1917-1996
Boy in a Brown Hat (1959)

oil on board
signed 'O'BRIEN' upper right
85 x 61 cm
frame: original, maker unknown, Sydney

Provenance

Justin O'Brien, Sydney
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Mary Latham, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1959
Fine Australian Paintings and Drawings, Sotheby's Australia, Sydney, 22 October 1986, lot 133, illustrated
Patricia H. Reid, Sydney, acquired from the above
Watters Gallery, Sydney
Richard Martin Art Dealer, Sydney
Private Collection, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Justin O'Brien, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 25 November – 7 December 1959, no. 11, 70 gns
A Selection from a Distinguished Private Collection Presented by Watters Gallery, Watters Gallery, Sydney, 21 March – 8 April 2017, no. 18, illustrated

Literature

Art and Australia, The Fine Arts Press, Sydney, Vol. 24, No. 2, Summer 1986, p. 154 (illustrated)
John McPhee, A Selection from a Distinguished Private Collection Presented by Watters Gallery, Watters Gallery, Sydney, 2017,cover (illustrated), pp. 22, 23 (illustrated)

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Specialists

Geoffrey Smith

Geoffrey Smith

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Australian & International Art 
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Australian & International Art 
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Jessica Velasquez

Executive Assistant

Australian & International Art 
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David Mackay

Manager, Sydney Gallery, Marketing & Media

Australian & International Art
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Exhibition  |  23 Jun 2025 - 12 Jul 2025  |  Sydney


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