JOHN PERCEVAL
1923-2000

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

JOHN PERCEVAL

1923-2000
Della-Francesca Angel (1948-1967)

oil, tempera, resin and gold leaf on canvas on composition board
signed and dated 'Perceval / '51-'67' lower right
55 x 47 cm

• Lot Sold $30,000 (Hammer Price)
• $36,600 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Private Collection, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above

Exhibited

Collector's Collections, Melbourne Church of England Grammar School, Melbourne, 9-17 August 1969, no. 131, 'Pink and Gold Angel 1951-1967' (label verso)
Recent Works by John Perceval, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne, October 1970, no. 5
John Perceval, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne, 20 February 1976, (no. 12), 'Crying Angel 1949-69'
John Perceval: A Retrospective, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 30 April - 12 July 1992, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 6 August - 20 September 1992, no. 50, 'Crying Angel' (label verso)

Literature

Traudi Allen, John Perceval, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1992, p. 169, 'Crying Angel'