Temporary Bridge over Thames 1936

WILLIAM DOBELL (1899-1970)

Temporary Bridge over Thames 1936

oil on canvas on board
40.5 x 50.5 cm; 56.0 x 65.5 cm (framed)
signed lower left: W DOBELL

Provenance:
Acquired from the artist, Captain Neil McEacharn, Sydney, 1942
Gift from the above, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1954 (label attached verso, accession no.1:0615)
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 10 March 2004, lot 51 (as A London Bridge (Hungerford Bridge))
John Williams, Sydney
The John Williams Collection, Christie's, Sydney, 20 September 2005, lot 5 (as A London Bridge (Hungerford Bridge))
Savill Galleries, Sydney (label attached verso)
Sotheby's Australia, The Denis Savill Collection of Australian Art, Sydney, 10 May 2016, lot 7
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
Margaret Preston and William Dobell Loan Exhibition, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 March - 16 April 1942, cat.18
William Dobell, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, 1-26 August 1944, cat.145 (as Bridge over Thames 1937)
Exposition Internationale d'Art Moderne, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, 18 November - 28 December 1946, cat.6 (as Pont temporaire sur la Tamise)
Exhibition of Contemporary Australian Art from the Collections of Captain Neil McEacharn and Peter Bellew, Esq., exhibited at Unesco, Paris, Exhibition Hall, Australia House, London, 9-30 April 1947, cat.7
The Art of William Dobell, National Gallery Society of Queensland, Brisbane, 11 August - September 1959, cat.7 (as London Bridge, label attached verso)
William Dobell: Paintings from 1926-1964, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 July - 30 August 1964, cat.54 (as A London Bridge)
Australian Paintings: Traditional, Modern and Contemporary, Savill Galleries, Melbourne, 13 August - 17 September 2006, cat.53 (as A London Bridge (Hungerford Bridge), label attached verso, illus. exhibition catalogue)

Reference:
McEacharn, N., Contemporary Australian Art: Collected by Neil McEacharn, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1945, p.18 (illus., as London Bridge)
Ure Smith, S., The Art of William Dobell, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1946, p.96 (illus., as London Bridge)
Gleeson, J., William Dobell, Thames and Hudson, London, 1964, p.190, cat.43 (illus. p.131, pl.20, as London Bridge)

Estimate: $25000 - 35000

Result Hammer: $32000

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