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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  21 Nov 2023 ~ 6.30pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  43
• Lot Description:
  W.B. Mcinnes
  (1889-1939)
  A Virgin Bush (1915)
  oil on canvas; frame: original, maker unknown, Melbourne
  102.5 x 129 cm
  signed 'McINNES' lower left
• Provenance:
  Private Collection; Australian and European Paintings, Leonard Joel, 8 August 2000, lot 50, 'Bullocks in the Shade', illustrated; Christopher Day Gallery, Sydney, acquired from the above; Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
• Exhibited:
  Annual Exhibition, Victorian Artists' Society, Melbourne, 27 April - 16 May 1915, no. 155, illustrated, 120 gns; Traditional and Modern Masters, Christopher Day Gallery, Sydney, 2000, cover (illustrated), 'Midday Break'
• References:
  Victorian Artists' Society', The Age, Melbourne, 27 April 1915, p. 10; 'Victorian Artists' Society', The Argus, Melbourne, 27 April 1915, p. 9; 'Victorian Artists' Annual Exhibition', Punch, Melbourne, 6 May 1915, p. 21; 'Art Notes', The Mail, Adelaide, 22 May 1915, p. 8; 'Art Exhibition', The Age, Melbourne, 3 June 1915, p. 4
• Estimate:
  A$60,000 - 80,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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