JON MOLVIG
1923-1970
Centralian Nocturne 1959
Estimate $8,000 – $12,000
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR RAYMOND KIDD AND MRS DIANA KIDD, SYDNEY
JON MOLVIG
1923-1970
Centralian Nocturne 1959
oil and wax on board
signed and dated 'Molvig 59' upper left; signed and dated 'Molvig 59' lower left
75.9 x 113.8 cm
frame: original, maker unknown
- Lot Sold $12,000 (Hammer Price)
- $14,640 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney
Mr Raymond Kidd and Mrs Diana Kidd, Sydney, acquired from the above in June 1967
Exhibited
Jon Molvig, The Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane, April 1959, no. 8, 68 gns
Jon Molvig 1950-1960, Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney, 16 March 1960, no. 15, 125 gns
A Decade of Jon Molvig, Argus Gallery, Melbourne, 22 October – 2 November 1962, no. 28, 250 gns
Jon Molvig, Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney, 1966, no. 24
Jon Molvig, Grand Central Gallery, Brisbane, 1966, no. 20
Jon Molvig, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, 22 June – 23 July 1978, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 22 August – 17 September 1978, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 24 September – 21 October 1978, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 October – 19 November 1978, Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, 1-30 December 1978, Western Australian Art Gallery, Perth, 1-28 February 1979, no. 47, illustrated (label verso)
A Private Collection, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 18 April – 24 May 1992, no.
Literature
Betty Churcher, Molvig: The Lost Antipodean, Allen Lane, Melbourne, 1984, cat. no. 235, pp. 81-82, 83, 87 (illustrated), 137
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