(c) The Estate of Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY Ltd, Australia
Margaret Preston (1875-1963)
Flowers (Australian) (also known as Native Wild Flowers) 1955
Estimate: $45000 - 55000
Sold For:
$40000 hammer
Description
Margaret Preston (1875-1963)
Flowers (Australian) (also known as Native Wild Flowers) 1955
oil on canvas
43.0 x 35.5 cm
signed and dated lower right: M. PRESTON/ 55
Provenance:
Sotheby's, Sydney, 29 October 1987, lot 369 (as Australian Wild Flowers) Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, May 2003 Private collection, Melbourne Menzies, Melbourne, 24 September 2015, lot 13 Company collection, Melbourne
Exhibited:
Blue Chip XVI: The Collector's Exhibition, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 4 - 29 March 2014, cat.32 (illus., exhibition catalogue)
Reference:
Edwards, D., and Rose, P., Margaret Preston: Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings, Monotypes and Ceramics, (CD-Rom), Sydney, 2005, (illus. CD-Rom Artworks 1955.5)
Estimate: $45000 - 55000
Result Hammer: $40000