Banksia 1955

Margaret Preston (1875-1963)

Banksia 1955

oil on canvas on board
44.5 x 42.5 cm

signed and dated lower left: M. PRESTON/ -55

Provenance:

Bonetti collection, Sydney

Deutscher + Hackett, Melbourne, 9 May 2007, lot 65 (as Australian Native Flowers)

Private collection, Victoria

Menzies, Melbourne, 20 June 2012, lot 24

Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:

(probably) Contemporary Art Society, Seventeenth Annual Interstate Exhibition, Department of Education Galleries, Sydney, 20 October - 4 November 1955 (as cat.3 or cat.29)

Reference:

Mimmochi, D. et al., Margaret Preston: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Monotypes and Ceramics [CD-ROM], Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2005 (illus., as Banksia, also known as Australian Native Flowers)

Related Works:

Banksia and Native Flowers 1955, oil on canvas, 65.0 x 57.5 cm, Dunedin Public Art Gallery collection, New Zealand, given by Mrs W M Cox, 1967

Estimate: $60000 - 80000

Result Hammer: $100000