(c) The Estate of Joy Hester. Licensed by VISCOPY Ltd, Australia
Joy Hester (1920-1960)
Love Series 1949
Estimate: $18000 - 24000
Sold For:
$17000 hammer
Description
Joy Hester (1920-1960)
Love Series 1949
Chinese ink and pastel on paper
30.0 x 25.0 cm
artist's estate stamp upper left
Provenance:
Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
(label attached verso)
Private collection, Melbourne, since 1976
Exhibited:
Joy Hester: 1920 - 1960, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, 6 - 26 October 1976, no.49
Modern Australian Painting, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 12 April - 5 May 2012, cat.62 (illus. exhibition catalogue)
Related Works:
Love (I) 1949, charcoal, brush and ink, pastel and gouache, 31.5 x 25.5 cm, collection of Lyn Williams AM, Melbourne; illus. in Joy Hester and Friends, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2001, p.68
Estimate: $18000 - 24000
Result Hammer: $17000