Ernest Buckmaster 1897 - 1968 HAROLD BLAIR (1948)
Ernest Buckmaster 1897 - 1968 HAROLD BLAIR (1948)Estimate $10,000 – $15,000
- Lot Sold $8,000 (Hammer Price)
- $9,600 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
oil on canvas
signed 'E Buckmaster' lower right
101.6 X 78.7CM
PROVENANCE
Mr Ernest Buckmaster, Melbourne
By Descent
Private Collection, Melbourne
EXHIBITED
Archibald Prize1948, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 January - 7 March 1949, no. 42
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, (loan in association with Harold Blair concert tour), April 1949
LITERATURE
Ernest Buckmaster, The Art of Ernest Buckmaster, Lothian Publishing Co. Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1951, plate 14, 'Our Aboriginal Tenor, Harold Blair'