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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW ZEALAND

MARGARET OLLEY
1923-2011

Basket of Pears (1995)

$60,000–80,000

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© Reproduced with permission of the Margaret Olley Art Trust

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW ZEALAND

MARGARET OLLEY

1923-2011
Basket of Pears (1995)

oil on composition board
signed 'Olley' lower right
91.5 x 122 cm

  • Lot Sold $60,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $73,200 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Australian Galleries, Sydney (label verso)
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above on 19 October 1995

Exhibited

Margaret Olley, Australian Galleries, Sydney, 23 October - 22 November 1995, no. 1 (label verso)
Margaret Olley, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 October 1996 - 5 January 1997, Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery and Museum, Brisbane, 17 January - 23 February 1997, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, 19 April - 8 June 1997, no. 74, illustrated

Literature

Barry Pearce, Margaret Olley, The Beagle Press, Sydney, p. 118 (illustrated)

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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Australian & International Art
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E: Gary Singer
       
Fiona Hayward

Fiona Hayward

Senior Specialist

Australian & International Art
Melbourne
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E: Fiona Hayward

Brett Ballard

Brett Ballard

Senior Specialist

Australian & International Art
Sydney
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E: Brett Ballard
Liza Hallam

Liza Hallam

Administrator

Australian & International Art
Melbourne
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E: Liza Hallam
Important Australian & International Art

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