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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian + International Fine Art
• Sale Date:
  21 Apr 2021 ~ 7pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  26
• Lot Description:
  Clarice Beckett
  (1887 – 1935)
  Moonrise, Beaumaris (Verso: Sunset And Trees)
  oil on board
  18.5 x 21.0 cm
  bears inscription verso: CLARICE BECKETT / HM031
• Provenance:
  Private collection, Melbourne, purchased in the 1970s; Thence by descent; Private collection, Melbourne; Sotheby's, Melbourne, 30 April 2002, lot 156; Private collection, Melbourne; Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 20 April 2011, lot 95; Private collection, Sydney
• Notes:
  The following excerpt was published in ‘In Town and Out’, "Herald", Melbourne, 19 October 1932, p.8 (unknown author):; ; ‘Though I had biked, hiked and motored along Beach Road around Beaumaris Bay a hundred times of more, I did not fully realise the beauty of the place till l looked at Miss Clarice Beckett’s exhibition of oil paintings at the Athenaeum today. The Bendigo girl, pupil of Max Meldrum, has caught cliff and water in all moods and light and season, revealing there is not one Beaumaris Bay but a score.’
• Estimate:
  A$18,000 - 24,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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