MARGARET PRESTON
1875-1963

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DAME NELLIE MELBA GBE

MARGARET PRESTON

1875-1963
Hibiscus 1925

hand-coloured woodcut on paper
inscribed and dated '18th proof - 25 Hibiscus' lower left; signed artist's monogram and 'Margaret Preston' lower right
edition 18 of 50
23.5 x 24.5 cm (image)

• Lot Sold $17,000 (Hammer Price)
• $20,740 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Dame Nellie Melba GBE

Literature

Roger Butler, The Prints of Margaret Preston, Australian National Gallery, Canberra and Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1987, cat. no. 97, pp. 114, 115 (illustrated, another impression)
Roger Butler, The Prints of Margaret Preston: A Catalogue Raisonne, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2005, cat. no. 97, p. 125 (illustrated, another impression)