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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  23 Aug 2023 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  43
• Lot Description:
  Stella Bowen
  (1893-1947)
  John Postgate (1934)
  oil on cardboard; frame: original, maker unknown
  74.5 x 56.5 cm
  signed 'STELLA / BOWEN' lower right
  EXHIBITED: "Stella Bowen: Art, Love and War", Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 15 March - 10 June 2002, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 19 July - 29 September 2002; Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, 12 October - 8 December 2002; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, 15 December 2002 - 2 February 2003; Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, 8 February - 10 March 2003; State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, 18 March - 18 May 2013; Brisbane Civic Art Gallery, Brisbane, 30 May - 27 July 2003; Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, 9 August - 28 September 2003; Grafton Regional Gallery, Gosford, 9 October - 7 December 2003; Bathurst Regional Gallery, Bathurst, 18 December 2003 - 15 February 2004, no. 37, illustrated (label verso)
• Provenance:
  Stella Bowen, England; The Postgate Family Collection, United Kingdom; Important Australian Art, Smith & Singer (trading as Sotheby's Australia), Sydney, 25 August 2015, lot 113, illustrated; Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
• References:
  Lola Wilkins, "Stella Bowen: Art, Love and War", Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 2002, pp. 16-17, 62 (illustrated)
• Estimate:
  A$35,000 - 45,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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