JOHN PERCEVAL
1923-2000

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

JOHN PERCEVAL

1923-2000
Warburton Ranges Aboriginal Child (1958)

earthenware
27.5 cm high

• Lot Sold $65,000 (Hammer Price)
• $79,300 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Private Collection, Melbourne
Mr Robert Wilson, Melbourne
Mr Brian Pearce, Melbourne
National Mutual Life Assurance, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

The Angels of John Perceval, Terry Clune Galleries, Sydney, May 1959, no. 23, 60 gns
Antipodeans, Victorian Artists' Society, Melbourne, 4-15 August 1959, no. 48, 60 gns
The Angles of John Perceval, Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 17 April – 2 May 1962, no. 23, 'Aboriginal Child with Flies in its Eyes'
Spring Exhibition 1976: Recent Acquisitions, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 18-29 October 1976, no. 83, 'Smiling Angel', illustrated
The Antipodeans: Another Chapter, Lauraine Diggins Fine Arts, Melbourne, 17 October – 4 November 1988, Nolan Gallery, Lanyon, Australian Captial Territory, 12 November – 11 December 1988, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 22 December 1988 – 27 Janaury 1989, no. 27, illustrated
Delinquent Angel: John Perceval's Ceramic Angels, Shepparton Art Museum, Victoria, 29 August – 23 November 2014

Literature

Margaret Plant, John Perceval, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1971, p. 74, 'Warburton Ranger Aboriginal Child'
Delinquent Angel: John Perceval's Ceramic Angels, Shepparton Art Museum, Victoria, 2014, p. 33

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Specialists
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