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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

MARGARET OLLEY
1923-2011

Basket of Oranges 1964

Estimate $50,000 – $60,000

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© Reproduced with permission of the Margaret Olley Art Trust

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

MARGARET OLLEY

1923-2011
Basket of Oranges 1964

oil on composition board
signed and dated 'Olley 64' lower right
61 x 91.5 cm
frame: original, maker unknown

  • Lot Sold $55,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $67,100 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

The Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane (label verso)
Mr and Mrs Leslie Atherton Gerard Boyce
Private Collection, by descent from the above
Summer Traditional, Shapiro Auctioneers, Sydney, 10 December 2001, lot 76, 'Untitled (Citrus Still Life)', illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Paintings by Margaret Olley, The Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane, 27 October – 11 November 1964, no. 28, (cover) illustrated
Margaret Olley, Macquarie Galleries, Canberra, 15-19 April 1967, no. 4, 'Basket of Swato Oranges'

We gratefully acknowledge the kind assistance of The Olley Project (courtesy of the Margaret Olley Art Trust and Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane) in cataloguing this work.

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Specialists

Geoffrey Smith

Geoffrey Smith

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Fiona Hayward

Fiona Hayward

Senior Specialist

Australian & International Art
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Brett Ballard

Brett Ballard

Senior Specialist

Australian & International Art
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E: Brett Ballard
Liza Hallam

Liza Hallam

Administrator

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Important Australian Art

AU0828  |  28 Aug 2018  |  Sydney
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