IAN FAIRWEATHER
1891-1974
Portrait (1939)
Estimate $80,000 – $100,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE
IAN FAIRWEATHER
1891-1974
Portrait (1939)
oil and gouache on cardboard on plywood
signed 'IFairweather' lower left
39.5 x 43 cm
frame: original, maker unknown
Provenance
Mrs Lina Bryans, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above
Important Australian and International Fine Art, Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 27 November 2013, lot 14, illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Exhibited
Fairweather: A Retrospective Exhibition, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 3 June – 4 July 1965, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 July – 22 August 1965, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 9 September – 10 October 1965, National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 26 October – 21 November 1965, Western Australian Art Gallery, Perth, 9 December 1965 – 16 January 1966, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart, 10 February – 13 March 1966, cat. no. 75 (label verso)
Ian Fairweather 1891-1974, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 25 September – 6 November 1991, no. 8 'Portrait (Young Boy)' (label verso)
Literature
Murray Bail, Ian Fairweather, Bay Books, Sydney, 1981, cat. no. 53, p. 68 (illustrated)
Murray Bail, Fairweather (rev. ed.), Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2009, p. 59
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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 |
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 |
Brett BallardSenior Specialist Australian & International ArtSydney T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Brett Ballard |
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Liza HallamAdministrator Australian & International ArtMelbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Liza Hallam |