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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE MR GEORGE ODEN JENNINGS, SYDNEY

Albert Tucker
1914-1999

FAUN ATTACKED BY PARROT 2 1968

Estimate $200,000 – $300,000

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© Barbara Tucker. Courtesy of Barbara Tucker.

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE MR GEORGE ODEN JENNINGS, SYDNEY

Albert Tucker

1914-1999
FAUN ATTACKED BY PARROT 2 1968

synthetic polymer paint on composition board
signed and dated 'Tucker '68' lower right
frame: original, maker unknown, Melbourne
136.6 X 106.3CM

  • Lot Sold $200,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $244,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney
Mr Alan C. Atwill, Sydney
Mr George Jennings and Mrs Pam Jennings, Sydney
The Estate of the Late Mr George Oden Jennings, Sydney

Exhibited

Obra pict\xF3rica de Albert Tucker, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico, February 1969, no. 29, 'Fauno atacado por papagayo II'
Albert Tucker, Poindexter Gallery, New York, 15 March - 3 April 1969, illustrated
Albert Tucker, Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, 28 October - 19 November 1969, no. 3, illustrated

Literature

Kym Bonython, Modern Australian Painting 1960/1970, Rigby, Adelaide, 1970, p. 39 (illustrated)
Kym Bonython, Modern Australian Painting 1950-1975, Rigby, Adelaide, 1980, p. 77 (illustrated)

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Important Australian Art

AU0779  |  27 Aug 2013  |  Sydney
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