Study for The Matriarch c1967

William Dobell (1899-1970)

Study for The Matriarch c1967

oil on board
21.0 x 22.0 cm

inscribed verso: STUDY FOR THE/ MATRIARCH/ SIR WILLIAM DOBELL

Provenance:

Estate of the artist, Sydney

The Dobell Foundation, Sydney

Sotheby's, Melbourne, 31 July 1985, lot 12

Private collection

Christie's, Sydney, 14 August 1994, lot 103

Collection of James and Margaret Bleasel, Melbourne

Christie's, The Bleasel Collection of Australian Paintings, Melbourne, 22 March 2005, lot 21

Private collection

Mossgreen, Melbourne, 13 November 2007, lot 42

Private collection, Canberra

Menzies, Sydney, 24 June 2010, lot 94

Private collection, Melbourne

Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 19 May 2011, lot 38

Private collection, Melbourne

Menzies, Sydney, 6 December 2012, lot 83

Company collection, Melbourne

Menzies, Sydney, 17 May 2017, lot 68

Company collection, Melbourne

Related Works:

The Matriarch 1967, oil on board, 34.0 x 30.0 cm, private collection; illus. in Gleeson, J., William Dobell, Thames and Hudson, London, 1969, pl.129

The Matriarch 1967, oil on board, 40.0 x 50.0 cm, private collection

Estimate: $40000 - 50000