JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000)
The Cornfield 1959
Estimate: $320000 - 420000
Sold For:
$325000 hammer
Description
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000)
The Cornfield 1959
oil on board
84.0 x 117.0 cm
signed and dated lower right: 59/ Perceval
inscribed verso: UNILEVER/ SYDNEY
Provenance:
The artist
Australian Galleries, Melbourne (label attached verso)
Unilever Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney
Gould Galleries, Melbourne (label attached verso)
Private collection, Melbourne
Menzies, Sydney, 25 March 2010, lot 48
Private collection, Melbourne
Menzies, Sydney, 8 December 2011, lot 41
Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited:
Australian Galleries, Melbourne, March 1959, cat.9
John Perceval Retrospective Exhibition, Australian National University in association with Department of the Interior, Albert Hall, Canberra, 14 - 24 July 1966, cat.51
John Perceval: Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 30 April - 12 July 1992; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 6 August - 20 September 1992 (label attached verso)
Reference:
Plant M., John Perceval, Lansdowne, Melbourne, 1971, p.78 (illus. p.57, pl.19)
Allen, T., John Perceval, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1992, p.160
Estimate: $320000 - 420000
Result Hammer: $325000
Location
VIEWING MELBOURNE
22 – 25 NOVEMBER, 11am-6pm
Menzies Gallery, 1 Darling Street, SOUTH YARRA VIC 3141
VIEWING SYDNEY
29 NOVEMBER – 5 DECEMBER, 11am-6pm
Menzies Gallery, 12 Todman Avenue, KENSINGTON NSW 2033