(c) The Estate of Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY Ltd, Australia
MARGARET PRESTON (1875-1963)
The Green Curtain c1918
Estimate: $50000 - 70000
Sold For:
$42,000 hammer
Description
MARGARET PRESTON (1875-1963)
The Green Curtain c1918
oil on cardboard
53.0 x 44.0 cm
signed lower right: Margaret R. Preston
Provenance:
Walter Taylor Collection, 1958
M. Reilly
Private collection, Sydney
Christie's, Melbourne, 24 November 1993, lot 163
Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited:
42nd Annual Exhibition, Royal Art Society of New South Wales, Sydney, August 1921, cat.115
Margaret Preston and William Dobell Loan Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 March - 16 April 1942
Margaret Preston: Art and Life, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 29 July - 23 October 2005; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 12 November 2005 - 29 January 2006; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 18 February - 6 May 2006; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 26 May - 13 August 2006 (label attached verso)
Reference:
Edwards, D., Margaret Preston, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2005, p.52 (illus.)
Estimate: $50000 - 70000
Result Hammer: $42,000