JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000)
Fabian Douglas 1954
Estimate: $18000 - 24000
Sold For:
$21,000 hammer
Description
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000)
Fabian Douglas 1954
oil, tempera and enamel on composition board
60.0 x 60.0 cm
signed and dated lower left: Perceval 54
inscribed on backing verso: FABIAN DOUGLAS
Provenance:
The artist
Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 1988
Private collection
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 15 June 2005, lot 62
Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited:
John Perceval Portraits, 1937 – 1949, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, September 1979, cat.48
John Perceval, Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney, May 1988, cat.59
John Perceval: The Formative Years and the Present, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 10 October 1988, cat.55 (label attached verso)
Of Dark and Light: The Art of John Perceval - A Retrospective, 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:
Allen, T., John Perceval, Melbourne University Press, 1992, p.156 (illus. p.74)
Reid, B., Of Dark and Light: The Art of John Perceval, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1992, p.50 (illus.)
Result Hammer: $21,000
Location
SYDNEY VIEWING:-
1 – 4 SEPTEMBER
Menzies Gallery
12 Todman Avenue, Kensington, NSW 2033
02 8344 5404
Thursday 1 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Friday 2 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Saturday 3 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Sunday 4 Sept. 1pm – 6pm
MELBOURNE VIEWING:-
8 – 13 SEPTEMBER
Menzies Gallery
1 Darling Street, South Yarra, VIC 3141
03 9832 8700
Thursday 8 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Friday 9 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Saturday 10 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Sunday 11 Sept. 1pm – 6pm
Monday 12 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Tuesday 13 Sept. 11am – 6pm