Self Portrait 1987

NORA HEYSEN (1911-2003)

Self Portrait 1987

oil on canvas
136.5 x 90.0 cm
signed and dated lower right: Nora Heysen/ 1987

Provenance:
The Estate of Nora Heysen, Sydney

Inherited from the above, private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
Portraits of Australia: The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize Collection, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales; 6 - 13 February 1988, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 19 March - 10 April 1989; Centrepoint, Sydney, 25 April - 3 May 1988; The Victorian Artists' Society, Melbourne, 10 - 28 May 1988; Royal South Australian Society of Arts, Adelaide, 8 - 26 June 1988; Perth Theatre Trust, Perth, 11 - 25 July 1988; Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland, 16 - 26 August 1988; Riverside Centre, Brisbane, 8 - 24 September 1988; Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales, 3 October - 30 November 1988, Moree Plains Art Gallery, New South Wales, 17 February - 17 March 1989, cat.18

Reference:
Portraits of Australia: The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize Collection, Tweed Shire Council, Murwillumbah, 1988, pp.45, 46 (illus.)

Estimate: $20000 - 30000

Result Hammer: $30000