HANS HEYSEN
1877-1968

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

HANS HEYSEN

1877-1968
The Sentinel, Brachina Gorge, Flinders Ranges

pencil, charcoal and wash on paper
signed 'HANS HEYSEN 'lower left; inscribed 'BRACHINA' lower centre
frame: original, David Heysen, Adelaide
45.4 x 57.3 cm

• Lot Sold $8,000 (Hammer Price)
• $9,760 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Sir Hans Heysen, Adelaide
The Hans Heysen Collection, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 18 June 1970, lot 57
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Hans Heysen Retrospective Exhibition 1901-1965, John Martin & Co. Limited, Adelaide, 9-30 March 1966, no. 77 (label verso)

Literature

Sir Lionel Lindsay and J.S. MacDonald, Hans Heysen: Watercolours and Drawings, The Legend Press, Sydney, 1952, plate 13, pp. 30, 31 (illustrated)
David Dridan, The Art of Hans Heysen, Rigby, Adelaide, 1966, plate 57

The present work is the highly finished study for one of Hans Heysen's most famous images Guardian of the Brachina Gorge (1937, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne).