Lemon and Grey 1933

Alison Rehfisch (1900-1975)

Lemon and Grey 1933

oil on canvas on board
30.5 x 35.0 cm

signed lower right: A. REHFISCH

Provenance:

Macquarie Galleries, Sydney

H. M. Sherrard, Sydney

Sotheby's, Sydney, 29 November 1991, lot 276 (as Corner of the Studio)

Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:

Joint Exhibition with George Duncan, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 20 April 1933

Paintings by Alison Rehfisch, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 21-27 November 1933, cat.21 (inscribed on label attached verso)

Australian Women Artists, One Hundred Years: 1840-1940, Ewing and George Paton Galleries, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 2 - 27 September 1975 (label attached verso)

The Art of Alison Rehfisch, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 20 April - 26 May 2002

Reference:

'Art Exhibitions. Mrs. Rehfisch and Mr. Duncan,' The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 21 April 1933, p.7

Burke, J., Australian Women Artists, One Hundred Years: 1840-1940, Greenhouse Publications, Melbourne, 1980, p.177 (illus. p.134, pl.60, as Still Life with Gardenia c1930)

Power, R., Alison Rehfisch: A Life for Art, The Beagle Press, Sydney, 2002, p.141, cat.10 (illus. pp.5, 18)

Estimate: $20000 - 30000

Result Hammer: $55000