CONSTANCE STOKES
1906-1991
Holiday (1948)
$50,000–70,000
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE
CONSTANCE STOKES
1906-1991
Holiday (1948)
oil on composition board
signed 'Constance Stokes' lower right; signed and inscribed 'CONSTANCE STOKES / "HOLIDAY"' verso
59 x 45.8 cm
frame: original, maker unknown, Melbourne
- Lot Sold $50,000 (Hammer Price)
- $61,364 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Constance Stokes, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1949 for £78.15.0
Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above
Exhibited
1948 Exhibition, Melbourne Contemporary Artists, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, 5-16 October 1948, no. 40, 50 gns
Centenary Jubilee Train Exhibition, Victoria, February - June 1951
Constance Stokes 1906-1991, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 30 November 2021 - 31 March 2022, no. 7, 'Woman Resting 1949', illustrated
Literature
Lucilla Wyborn d'Abrera, Constance Stokes: Art and Life, Hill House Publishers, Melbourne, 2015, pp. 80, 81 (illustrated) , 'Woman Resting 1949'
Juliette Peers, Constance Stokes 1906-1991, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 2021, n.p. (illustrated), 'Woman Resting 1949'
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Geoffrey SmithChairman Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Geoffrey Smith |
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Gary SingerChief Executive Officer Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Gary Singer |
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Emily WalkerAdministrator, Art Australian & International Art |
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David MackayGallery Manager Sydney |
