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IMPORTANT AUSTRALIAN & INTERNATIONAL ART FROM THE JOHN SYMOND AM COLLECTION, SYDNEY

GARRY SHEAD
born 1942

The Bearers (Queen of Suburbia) 1997

Estimate $350,000 – $450,000

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© Garry Shead/Copyright Agency, 2018

IMPORTANT AUSTRALIAN & INTERNATIONAL ART FROM THE JOHN SYMOND AM COLLECTION, SYDNEY

GARRY SHEAD

born 1942
The Bearers (Queen of Suburbia) 1997

oil on canvas
signed and dated 'Garry Shead 97'lower left; inscribed 'QUEEN OF SUBURBIA' verso
167.5 x 213 cm

  • Lot Sold $360,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $439,200 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Solander Gallery, Canberra
Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1997
Important Australian Art, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 27 August 2007, lot 17, 'Queen of Suburbia', illustrated
Savill Galleries, Sydney, acquired from the above
Mr John Symond AM, Sydney, acquired from the above in 2008

Exhibited

Garry Shead: The Royal Suite, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney, 20 October – 19 November 1997
Modern Australian Painting, Savill Galleries, Sydney, 5 November – 8 December 2007, no. 13, illustrated (label verso)

Literature

Sasha Grishin, Garry Shead and the Erotic Muse, Craftsman House, Sydney, 2001, plate 68, pp. 124, 125 (illustrated), 199, 'The Bearers'
Elizabeth Hastings with a foreword by Michael Brand, Wingadal: The John Symond Collection, The Beagle Press, Sydney, 2013, pp. 148 (illustrated), 149

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Australian & International Art
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