LOUDON SAINTHILL
1919-1969
The Woman from a Far Country 1947
$5,000–7,000
LOUDON SAINTHILL
1919-1969
The Woman from a Far Country 1947
gouache and watercolour on paper
signed and dated 'Sainthill 1947.' lower right; inscribed '"The Woman from a Far Country"/ Illustration to poem by Edith Sitwell. / "Though I am black as the darkest trees" / Thou for all my darkness I shall be / The macefathom of a lovely teas."' lower left
55.5 x 42.5 cm
frame: original, maker unknown
- Lot Sold $10,000 (Hammer Price)
- $12,500 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Mr H.A. McClure Smith, Sydney, acquired from the above in April 1947
Private Collection, Sydney, by descent from the above
Exhibited
Loudon Sainthill, The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 16-28 April 1947, uncatalogued
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