WILLIAM DOBELL
1899-1970
The Fortune Teller (1935)
Estimate $60,000 – $80,000
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF HIS EXCELLENCY H.A. MCCLURE SMITH
WILLIAM DOBELL
1899-1970
The Fortune Teller (1935)
oil on paper on board
signed 'W DOBELL' lower left
22.6 x 24.7 cm
- Lot Sold $230,000 (Hammer Price)
- $280,600 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Captain Neil McEacharn, Sydney, by 1945
Mr Hugh Alexander McClure Smith, Sydney
Private Collection, Sydney, by descent from the above
Exhibited
William Dobell: Paintings from 1926-1964, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 July – 30 August 1964, no. 37 (label verso)
Literature
Contemporary Australian Art: Collected by Neil McEacharn, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1945, p. 20 (illustrated)
Sydney Ure Smith, The Art of William Dobell, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1946, p. 50 (illustrated)
James Gleeson, William Dobell, Thames and Hudson, London, 1964, cat. no. 34, p. 189
Virginia Freeman, Dobell on Dobell, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1970, p. 35 (illustrated)
Brian Adams, Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of William Dobell, Hutchinson Australia, Melbourne, 1983, p. 76
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Geoffrey SmithChairman Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Geoffrey Smith |
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Gary SingerChief Executive Officer Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Gary Singer |
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Fiona HaywardSenior Specialist Australian & International Art |
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Brett BallardSenior Specialist Australian & International ArtSydney T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Brett Ballard |
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Sally UpjohnAdministrator Australian & International ArtMelbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Sally Upjohn |
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Liza HallamAdministrator Australian & International ArtMelbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Liza Hallam |