HILDA RIX NICHOLAS
1884-1961
Le Bigouden (1925)
Estimate $60,000 – $80,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW SOUTH WALES
HILDA RIX NICHOLAS
1884-1961
Le Bigouden (1925)
oil on canvas
signed 'E.H.Rix.Nicholas.' lower right
100 x 81 cm
Provenance
Hilda Rix Nicholas, Sydney
Private Collection, New South Wales, by descent from the above
Exhibited
Royal Academy, London, 1926, no. 301
Exhibition of Pictures by E. Hilda Rix Nicholas, Anthony Hordern & Sons, Sydney, 7 June – 9 July 1927, no. 16, 'Le Bigouden (Breton Man)', illustrated, 120 gns
Exhibition of Pictures of Life and Landscape of Australia and France by Hilda Rix Nicholas, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, 16-26 May 1928, no. 28, 'Le Bigouden (Breton Man)', illustrated, 250 gns
Hilda Rix Nicholas 1884-1961: Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 21 July – 6 August 1971, no. 18
Project 26: Hilda Rix Nicholas 1884-1961, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 5 August – 17 September 1978, no. 30
Hilda Rix Nicholas,Robyn Brady and Bruce James at Caspian Gallery, Sydney, 23 July – 6 August 1991, no. 5, NFS
Hilda Rix Nicholas: Her Life and Art, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 1-26 July 2000, no. 7 (label verso)
Paris to Monaro: Pleasures from the Studio of Hilda Rix Nicholas, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 31 May – 11 August 2013
Literature
The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 4 June 1927, p. 25 (illustrated)
J.S. MacDonald, 'Vigor and Courage in Pictures. Mrs. Rix Nicholas's Exhibits', The Herald, Melbourne, 14 May 1928, p. 4
'Mrs. Rix Nicholas's Exhibition. Australia and France', The Age, Melbourne, 15 May 1928, p. 9
'Exhibition of Pictures. Rix Nicholas's Work', The Argus, Melbourne, 15 May 1928, p. 17
'Pictures by Mrs. Rix Nicholas', The Australasian, Melbourne, 19 May 1928, p. 20
Joanna Mendelssohn, 'Hilda Rix Nicholas', Hemisphere, Sydney, Vol. 26, No. 4, p. 243 (illustrated)
John Pigot, Hilda Rix Nicholas: Her Life and Art, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne University, Melbourne, 2000, pp. 52-53, 55 (illustrated)
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Guy CairnduffHead Arts & DesignMelbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Guy Cairnduff |
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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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Ann RobertsSpecialist Consultant, Asian Art Arts & DesignMelbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Ann Roberts |
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Anthony HurlSpecialist Consultant Arts & DesignAdelaide T: +61 (0)8 7225 7836 E: Anthony Hur |
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Brett BallardSenior Specialist Australian & International ArtSydney T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Brett Ballard |
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Fiona HaywardSenior Specialist Australian & International ArtMelbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Fiona Hayward |
AU0829 |
24 Oct 2018 |
Melbourne
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