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VIDA LAHEY
1882-1968

Silence (1945)

Estimate $25,000 – $35,000

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VIDA LAHEY

1882-1968
Silence (1945)

oil on canvasboard
signed 'F.V. LAHEY' lower right; inscribed '"Silence" / by Vida Lahey / Canungra Creek' verso
66 x 56 cm
frame: original, maker unknown, Brisbane

  • Lot Sold $26,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $31,909 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Vida Lahey, Brisbane
Private Collection, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above
Fine Art, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 17 March 2020, lot 175, illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Vida Lahey: Exhibition of Recent Paintings, Finney's Art Gallery, Brisbane, 27 June - 12 July 1946, no. 14, 40 gns

Literature

'Watercolours by Vida Lahey', The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, 27 June 1946, p. 2
'Vida Lahey's Paintings', The Telegraph, Brisbane, 27 June 1946, p. 8
'A Vida Lahey Exhibition', Queensland Country Life, Brisbane, 4 July 1946, p. 7

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