MARGARET PRESTON
1875-1963
Sturt's Desert Pea (1925)
Estimate $8,000 – $12,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY
MARGARET PRESTON
1875-1963
Sturt's Desert Pea (1925)
woodblock print, hand-coloured on paper
signed 'MP' in image lower left; inscribed 'Sturt's desert Pea' lower left; signed 'Margaret Preston' lower right
edition of 50
18.5 x 24.5 cm
- Lot Sold $17,500 (Hammer Price)
- $21,350 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Private Collection, Sydney
Exhibited
Thea Proctor and Margaret Preston Exhibition, Grosvenor Galleries, Sydney, 18 November - 2 December 1925, no. 20, (another example)
Exhibition of Woodcuts by Margaret Preston, Dunster Galleries, Sydney, September 1926, no. 66, (another example)
Literature
Roger Butler, The Prints of Margaret Preston, Australian National Gallery, Canberra and Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1987, cat. no. 88, p. 109 (illustrated, another example)
Specialists
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Alison AlfordConsultant Arts & DesignSydney T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Alison Alford |
Brett BallardSpecialist Australian & International ArtSydney T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Brett Ballard |
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Fiona HaywardSenior Specialist Australian & International Art |
Anthony HurlConsultant Arts & DesignAdelaide T: +61 (0)8 7225 7836 E: Anthony Hurl |
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Ann RobertsConsultant, Asian Art Arts & DesignMelbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Ann Roberts |
Geoffrey SmithChairman Australian & International Art |