Clarice Beckett 1887-1935 PEONIES (CIRCA 1929-1932)

• Lot Sold $20,000 (Hammer Price)
• $24,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

oil on board
signed 'C.Beckett' lower left
44.5 X 32.6CM

PROVENANCE
Hilda Mangan (the artist's sister)
Australian Paintings, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 27 May 1981, lot 1068, 'Still Life'
Private Collection, Melbourne

EXHIBITED
Paintings by Miss Clarice Beckett, Meldrum Galleries, Melbourne, 1-15 March 1932, no. 21
Clarice Beckett. Olive Cotton: In a Certain Light, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 8 March - 15 April 1995
Clarice Beckett, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 29 February - 1 April 2000
Clarice Beckett, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney (in association with Niagara Galleries, Melbourne), 26 June - 21 July 2002, no. 1

LITERATURE
Alexander Colquhoun, 'Art at the Meldrum Gallery', The Age, Melbourne, 1 March 1932, p. 5
Arthur Streeton, 'Miss Clarice Beckett's Paintings', The Argus, Melbourne, 1 March 1932, p. 3
Ted Gott and Rosalind Hollinrake, Clarice Beckett, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 2000, pp. 36 (illustrated), 44-45