Fabian Douglas 1954

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.)

Estimate: $18000 - 24000

Result Hammer: $21,000