Flowers in Jug c1929

Margaret Preston (1875-1963)

Flowers in Jug c1929

hand-coloured woodcut
28.0 x 20.5 cm

signed below image

 

accompanied by an original edition (no. 163/250) of Ure Smith, S. & Gellert, L. (eds.), Margaret Preston: Recent Paintings, Art & Australia, Sydney, 1929 (with duplicate set of colour plates); it is unknown whether the full edition of the book was completed

edition of 125 (?)

Provenance:

Private collection, United Kingdom

Forum Auctions, London, 5 December 2017, lot 20

Private collection, Sydney

Reference:

Ure Smith, S., & Gellert, L. (eds.), Margaret Preston: Recent Paintings, Art & Australia, Sydney, 1929 (illus. pl.6, as Jug of Flowers, another example)

Butler, R., The Prints of Margaret Preston: A Catalogue Raisonné, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1987, p.142, cat.137 (ii) (illus. p.143, another example)

Estimate: $9000 - 12000

Result Hammer: $22000