JOHN PERCEVAL
1923-2000
Painting in the Rain 1966
Estimate $45,000 – $65,000
JOHN PERCEVAL
1923-2000
Painting in the Rain 1966
oil on canvas
signed and dated 'Perceval '66' lower left
60.7 x 122.1 cm
- Lot Sold $110,000 (Hammer Price)
- $135,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
John Perceval, Canberra
Dr Margaret Middleton, Canberra, acquired from the above in December 1966
Private Collection, New South Wales, by descent from the above
Exhibited
John Perceval, Clune Galleries, Sydney, 30 March - 30 April 1966, no. 28, ($1,400) (label verso)
John Perceval, Australian National University, Canberra, 14-24 July 1966, no. 66
Literature
Margaret Plant, John Perceval, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1971, p. 81 (illustrated) Margaret Plant, John Perceval, Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne, 1978, p. 81 (illustrated)
Nancy Parker, 'A Pictorial Vigour', Canberra Times, Canberra, 20 November 1971
Traudi Allen, John Perceval, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1992, p. 166
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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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