RALPH BALSON
1890-1964
Semi-Abstraction 'Woman in Green' 1939
Estimate $20,000 – $30,000
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR CAMERON SPARKS, SYDNEY
RALPH BALSON
1890-1964
Semi-Abstraction 'Woman in Green' 1939
oil on cardboard
signed and dated 'R. BALSON '39' lower right
64.5 x 50 cm
- Lot Sold $30,000 (Hammer Price)
- $36,600 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
The Estate of the Late Ralph Balson, Sydney
Mr Cameron Sparks, Sydney, acquired by 1966
Exhibited
Exhibition 1, David Jones' Exhibition Galleries, Sydney, 17 August - 2 September 1939, no. 6
Balson, Crowley, Fizelle, Hinder, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 5-30 October 1966, Newcastle City Art Gallery, New South Wales, 9 November - 11 December 1966, no. 4
Ralph Balson: A Retrospective, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, 15 August - 24 September 1989, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales, 6 October - 19 November 1989, Wollongong City Gallery, New South Wales, 1 December 1989 - 28 January 1990, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 14 February - 1 April 1990, University Art Museum, Brisbane, 12 April - 24 May 1990, no. 8, illustrated
Literature
Daniel Thomas, 'Ralph Balson', Art and Australia, Sydney, Vol. 2, No. 4, March 1965, pp. 250 (illustrated), 255
Bruce Adams, Ralph Balson: A Retrospective, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, 1989, pp. 19 (illustrated), 21, 73
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