JUSTIN O'BRIEN
1917-1996
Adoration of the Kings (1946)
$15,000–25,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY
JUSTIN O'BRIEN
1917-1996
Adoration of the Kings (1946)
oil on paperboard
signed 'O'BRIEN' upper right
42.8 x 53.3 cm
- Lot Sold $24,000 (Hammer Price)
- $29,455 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Justin O'Brien, Sydney
Lady Storey, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above
Australian and European Paintings, Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 23 November 1998, lot 3, 'The Adoration of the Magi', illustrated
Private Collection, acquired from the above
Australian & International Fine Art, Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 27 November 2001, lot 16, 'The Adoration of the Magi', illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
Exhibited
Christmas 1946, The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 11 December 1946 - 18 January 1947, no. 20, 25 gns
Easter 1948, The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 17 March - 5 April 1948, no. 16, 35 gns
Justin O'Brien: The Sacred Music of Colour, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 18 December 2010 - 27 February 2011, no. 12, illustrated
Literature
Paul Haefliger, 'Realism and the Artist', The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 11 December 1946, p. 11
Barry Pearce and Natalie Wilson, Justin O'Brien: The Sacred Music of Colour, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2010, pp. 44 (illustrated), 57
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