MARGARET PRESTON (1875-1963)
Banksia 1955
Estimate: $40000 - 50000
Sold For:
$40000 hammer
Description
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.)
Result Hammer: $40000
Location
VIEWING SYDNEY
7-10 June 11am-6pm
Menzies Gallery
12 Todman Avenue
KENSINGTON NSW 2033
VIEWING MELBOURNE
14-19 June 11am-6pm, 1pm-6pm Sunday
Menzies Gallery
1 Darling Street
SOUTH YARRA VIC 3141