MARGARET PRESTON
1875-1963

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

MARGARET PRESTON

1875-1963
Christmas Bells 1955

oil on canvas
signed and dated 'M. PRESTON / 55' lower left
45.6 x 43 cm

• Lot Sold $35,000 (Hammer Price)
• $42,700 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
Private Collection, Sydney, by descent from the above

Exhibited

Easter 1955, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 30 March - 18 April 1955, no. 17, 15 gns

Literature

Roger Butler, The Prints of Margaret Preston: A Catalogue Raisonne, Australian National Gallery of Australia, Canberra and Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1987, p. 317
Denise Mimmochi, Margaret Preston: Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings, Monotypes and Ceramics, CD-ROM, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2005, illustrated