Margaret Preston
1875-1963
NATIVE FLOWERS AND GEEBUNGS 1938
Estimate $60,000 – $80,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, PERTH
Margaret Preston
1875-1963
NATIVE FLOWERS AND GEEBUNGS 1938
oil on canvas
signed and dated 'Margaret Preston / -38' lower left
47.5 X 48.2CM
- Lot Sold $60,000 (Hammer Price)
- $73,200 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Private Collection, Sydney
Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, Castlemaine
Fine Australian and European Paintings, Sotheby's, Sydney, 16 August 1999, lot 45, 'Australian Wild Flowers', illustrated
Private Collection, Perth
Exhibited
Group Exhibition, Grosvenor Galleries, Sydney, 18-31 March 1938, no. 22, 'Lent'
Blue Chip XIV: The Collectors' Exhibition, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 6 March - 28 April 2012, no. 27, illustrated
Literature
Denise Mimmochi, Margaret Prestion: Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings, Monotypes and Ceramics, Art Galler yof New South Wales, Sydney, 2005, illustrated
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