WILLIAM DOBELL
1899-1970
Angoram on the Sepik River (1952)
Estimate $25,000 – $35,000
THE DAVID NEWBY COLLECTION OF AUSTRALIAN ART, SYDNEY
WILLIAM DOBELL
1899-1970
Angoram on the Sepik River (1952)
oil on board
inscribed 'To Thelma' lower left; signed 'Dobell' lower right
20 x 23.9 cm
- Lot Sold $58,000 (Hammer Price)
- $70,760 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Mr Frank Clune and Mrs Thelma Clune, Sydney, acquired directly from the artist
Mr Richard Crebbin and Mrs Joan Crebbin, Sydney
Australian and European Paintings, Christie's Australia, Sydney, 17 August 1998, lot 1036, illustrated
Mr David Newby, Sydney, acquired from the above
The David Newby Collection of Australian Art, Sydney
Exhibited
William Dobell: Paintings from 1926-1964,
Literature
James Gleeson, William Dobell, Thames and Hudson, London, 1964, cat. 208, illustrated
Natalie Wilson, Painter in Paradise: William Dobell in New Guinea, National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 29 May – 12 July 2015, cat. no. 97, pp. 91 (illustrated), 125
We gratefully acknowledge the kind assistance of Natalie Wilson in cataloguing this work.
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