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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  23 Aug 2023 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  14
• Lot Description:
  Albert Tucker
  (1914-1999)
  Man in Desert I 1964
  synthetic polymer paint on composition board
  81 x 60.7 cm
  signed and dated 'Tucker 64' lower right
• Provenance:
  Albert Tucker, Melbourne; Dominion Galleries, Sydney; Harold Slater, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1965; Savill Galleries, Sydney; Private Collection, United States of America, acquired from the above in 2003
• Exhibited:
  "Albert Tucker", Dominion Art Galleries, Sydney, 6 April 1965, no. 24;"Australian Paintings: Traditional, Modern & Contemporary", Savill Galleries, Melbourne, 14 February - 16 March 2003, no. 28, illustrated
• References:
  Frank Margan, 'And He Never Had a Lesson in His Life', "The Daily Telegraph", Sydney, 7 April 1965, p. 20 (illustrated); Christopher Uhl, "Albert Tucker", Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1969, cat. no. 18.21, 'Man in Desert 1', p. 105
• Estimate:
  A$300,000 - 500,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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