Man Thinking in Cane Chair with Flowers c1954

JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000)

Man Thinking in Cane Chair with Flowers c1954

oil and tempera on muslin on composition board
74.0 x 60.5 cm
signed and dated lower centre: Perceval/.48 [sic]

bears inscription verso: Man Thinking in Cane Chair/ with Flowers

bears inscription on frame: 'Portrait of Max Nichols' [sic]/ By John de Burgh Perceval

Provenance:
Acquired from the artist, Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney, 1987

Private collection, Sydney

Menzies, Sydney, 8 December 2011, lot 17

Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
John Perceval, Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney, July 1987, cat.2

Reference:
Allen, T., John Perceval, 1st edition, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1992, p.155

Estimate: $15000 - 20000

Result Hammer: $22000