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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

CHARLES CONDER
1868-1909 (designer)
FERGUSSON & MITCHELL, MELBOURNE
1857-1890s (PRINTER)

Block for the Front Cover of The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition Catalogue 1889

Estimate $60,000 – $90,000

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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

CHARLES CONDER

1868-1909 (designer)
FERGUSSON & MITCHELL, MELBOURNE
1857-1890s (PRINTER)
Block for the Front Cover of The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition Catalogue 1889

zinc plate on wood
signed 'CHARLES CONDER' (in reverse) lower left; inscribed 'THE 9 BY 5 IMPRESSION EXHIBITION OPENED AUGUST 17. 1889 AT BUXTON'S ROOMS ADMISSION 6D SIXPENCE DECORATIONS LENT AND ARRANGED BY MESSRS CULLIS HILL' (in reverse) across plate
14 x 8.6 cm (plate); 14.4 x 8.6 x 2.2 cm (block)

  • Lot Sold $60,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $73,200 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Private Collection
Australiana Documents and Pictures, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 1 December 1960, lot 206a
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Australian Impressionism, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 31 March - 8 July 2007, no. 9.59, illustrated

Literature

Terence Lane, Australian Impressionism, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2007, pp. 156 (illustrated), 335, 350

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AU0792  |  25 Nov 2014  |  Sydney
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