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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

Albert Tucker
1914-1999

SELF PORTRAIT 1948

Estimate $20,000 – $30,000

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© Barbara Tucker. Courtesy of Barbara Tucker.

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

Albert Tucker

1914-1999
SELF PORTRAIT 1948

oil pastel, synthetic polymer paint and gouache on cardboard
signed and dated 'Tucker / 1948' lower right
50.5 X 37.5CM

  • Lot Sold $44,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $53,680 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Albert Tucker, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

Albert Tucker: Works on Paper 1928-1978, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, 25 October - 12 November 1978, no. 94
Albert Tucker: The Endurance of the Human Spirit, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 1 March - 1 April 2000, no. 10
Meeting a Dream: Albert Tucker in Paris 1948-1952, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 18 July - 5 November 2006, illustrated

Literature

Lesley Harding, Meeting a Dream: Albert Tucker in Paris 1948-1952, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, p. 53 (illustrated)

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Important Australian Art

AU0779  |  27 Aug 2013  |  Sydney
6:30 PM


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