HANS HEYSEN
1877-1968
Bushfire, Hahndorf, South Australia (1912)
Estimate $200,000 – $250,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY
HANS HEYSEN
1877-1968
Bushfire, Hahndorf, South Australia (1912)
oil on canvas
signed 'HANS HEYSEN' lower left
103.5 x 134.5 cm
- Lot Sold $200,000 (Hammer Price)
- $244,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Mr Hans Heysen, Adelaide
Red Cross, Adelaide, donated by the above in 1943
A Most Important Catalogue of Australian & European Painting, James R. Lawson, Sydney, 27 March 1979, lot 131, 'Bushfire'
A.C.I. International, Melbourne
Fine Australian Paintings, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 24 July 1988, lot 306, illustrated
Savill Galleries, Sydney, acquired from the above
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1989
Exhibited
Hans Heysen, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 14 November 2008 - 8 February 2009, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 23 April - 21 June 2009, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria, 11 July - 2 October 2009, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart, 27 November 2009 - 14 February 2010, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 30 April 2010 - 4 July 2010, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 31 July - 24 October 2010, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales, 19 November 2010 - 30 January 2011, illustrated
Literature
Rebecca Andrews, Hans Heysen, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2009, pp. 58, 60, 62, 63 (illustrated), 130 (illustrated)
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