Heritage 1932

MARY EDWARDS (1897-1988)

Heritage 1932

oil on canvas
151.0 x 136.0 cm
signed and dated lower left: Mary Edwards 32
inscribed lower right: restored by/ artist, 49
inscribed on artist's hand-carved gilt frame: HERITAGE/ by MARY EDWARDS

Provenance:
Tony Cowden, Sydney
Bob Diamond
Private collection, Sydney
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 26 April 1999, lot 87
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
Royal Art Society of NSW Annual Exhibition, Sydney, 1933
Recent Acquisitions, Horden House, Sydney, 1998, cat.1 (illus. exhibition cover)

Reference:
Big buzz over floral frame as decor market blooms', Financial Review, Sydney, 9 September 1983, p.34 (illus.)
Phipps, J., Flowers and Gardens in Australian Art 1780's - 1980's, Bay Books, Sydney, c1986, pp.188-189 (illus.p.189)
Kerr, J., Heritage, The National Women's Art Book, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1995 (illus. cover and p.286)
'It's time to master the terminology', The Weekend Australian, Sydney, 17 - 18 April 1999, p.4 (illus.)
The Australian Financial Review, Sydney, 29 April 1999, p.29
The Australian Financial Review, Sydney, 6 May 1999, p.28
'Icons and Identities', Art & Australia, Sydney, pp.216-218 (illus. p.216)
Australian Art Collector, Sydney, April - June 2002, pp.76-78 (illus. p.78)
'Resting in Peace', The Australian Financial Review, Sydney, 19 June 2003, p.43 (illus.)

Estimate: $80000 - 100000

Result Hammer: $72000