Smith & Singer
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WILLIAM DOBELL
1899-1970

Woman in a Salon (Helena Rubinstein) 1960

Estimate $400,000 – $600,000

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© William Dobell/Copyright Agency, 2019

WILLIAM DOBELL

1899-1970
Woman in a Salon (Helena Rubinstein) 1960

oil on board
signed and dated 'DOBeLL / 60' lower left
40.5 x 51 cm
frame: original, maker unknown, Sydney

  • Lot Sold $400,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $488,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Mr John Landau, Sydney, by 1964
Mrs Marion Landau, Sydney, by descent from the above
Fine Australian Paintings and Drawings, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 30 July 1986, lot 13, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above

Exhibited

William Dobell: Paintings from 1926-1964, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 July - 30 August 1964, no. 191, (label verso)

Literature

James Gleeson, William Dobell, Thames and Hudson, London, 1964, cat. no. 253, plate XXXI, pp. 112, 114, 115 (illustrated), 202
Virginia Freeman, Dobell on Dobell, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1970, p. 100 (illustrated)
Barry Pearce, William Dobell: The Painter's Progress, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1997, p. 140

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Specialists

Geoffrey Smith

Geoffrey Smith

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Brett Ballard

Brett Ballard

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Australian & International Art 
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Liza Hallam

Liza Hallam

Administrator

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Important Australian Art

AU0840  |  20 Nov 2019  |  Sydney
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