The Cornfield 1959

JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000)

The Cornfield 1959

oil on composition board
84.0 x 117.0 cm
signed and dated lower right: 59/ Perceval
inscribed verso: UNILEVER/ SYDNEY

Provenance:
The artist
Australian Galleries, Melbourne (label attached verso)
Unilever Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney
Gould Galleries, Melbourne (label attached verso)
Private collection, Melbourne
Menzies, Sydney, 25 March 2010, lot 48
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Australian Galleries, Melbourne, March 1959, cat.9
John Perceval Retrospective Exhibition, Australian National University in association with Department of the Interior, Albert Hall, Canberra, 14 - 24 July 1966, cat.51
John Perceval: Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 30 April - 12 July 1992; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 6 August - 20 September 1992 (label attached verso)

Reference:
Plant M., John Perceval, Lansdowne, Melbourne, 1971, p.78 (illus. p.57, pl.19)
Allen, T., John Perceval, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1992, p.160

Estimate: $350000 - 450000

Result Hammer: $380000