Banksia 1955

MARGARET PRESTON (1875-1963)

Banksia 1955

oil on canvas on composition board
46.0 x 44.0 cm
signed and dated lower left: M. PRESTON/ -55

Provenance:
Bonetti collection, Sydney
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 9 May 2007, lot 65 (as Australian Native Flowers)
Private collection, Victoria

Exhibited:
probably Contemporary Art Society, Seventeenth Annual Interstate Exhibition, Department of Education Galleries, Sydney, 20 October - 4 November, 1955, no.3 or no.29

Reference:
Edwards, D., and Peel, R., Margaret Preston, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2005, CD Rom catalogue (illus.)

Estimate: $40000 - 50000

Result Hammer: $40000