After the Bushfire 1957

JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000)

After the Bushfire 1957

oil on composition board
91.5 x 60.5 cm

signed and dated lower centre: Perceval/ 57

Provenance:

The artist

Private collection, Sydney

Geoff K. Gray Auctions, Sydney, March 1963

Australian Galleries, Melbourne (label attached verso)

Collection of Major Harold De Vahl Rubin (label attached verso)

Christie's, Sydney, 4 October 1972, lot 489

Private collection, Sydney

Shapiro Auctioneers, Sydney, 25 October 2005, lot 311

Private collection, Melbourne

Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 13 March 2007, lot 22

Company collection, Melbourne

Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 25 March 2009, lot 48

Private collection, Melbourne

Lawson-Menzies , Sydney, 11 August 2011, lot 56

Company collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:

John Perceval Exhibition, David Jones’ Art Gallery, Sydney, 29 May - 7 June 1957

Reference:

Allen, T., John Perceval, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1992, p.159

Estimate: $45000 - 65000

Result Hammer: $43000