JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000)
The Cornfield 1959
Estimate: $350000 - 450000
Sold For:
$360000 hammer
Description
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: $360000
Location
VIEWING MELBOURNE
24-27 November 11am-6pm, 1pm-6pm Sunday
Menzies Gallery
1 Darling Street
SOUTH YARRA VIC 3141
VIEWING SYDNEY
1-7 December 11am-6pm, 1pm-6pm Sunday
Menzies Gallery
12 Todman Avenue
KENSINGTON NSW 2033