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YOSL BERGNER
1920-2017

Self-Portrait (1939)

$40,000–50,000

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YOSL BERGNER

1920-2017
Self-Portrait (1939)

oil on canvas on composition board
signed 'W. BERGNER' lower left
57.2 x 47.1 cm

  • Lot Sold $40,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $48,800 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Yosl Bergner, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above

Exhibited

Rebels and Precursors: Aspects of Painting in Melbourne 1937-1947, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, August - September 1962; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, September - October 1962, no. 4 (label verso) Yosl Bergner: A Retrospective Exhibition, Banyule Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 11 September - 8 December 1985, no. 4
Yosl Bergner, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, August - October 1991 (label verso)

Literature

June Helmer, Yosl Bergner: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1985, pp. 10 (illustrated), 30

CONTACT INFORMATION +

Specialists

Geoffrey Smith

Geoffrey Smith

Chairman

Australian & International Art 
Melbourne  |  Sydney 
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E: Geoffrey Smith

Gary Singer

Chief Executive Officer

Australian & International Art 
Melbourne  |  Sydney 
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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

AU0844  |  24 Jun 2020  |  Sydney
6.30PM


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