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• Auction House:
  Shapiro Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian and International Art
• Sale Date:
  25 Aug 2014 ~ 6pm
• Lot #:
  60
• Lot Description:
  Martin Sharp
  (1942-2013)
  Portrait of Joan Ritchie, the Artist's Mother, 1987
  mixed media on paper
  36 x 26 cm
  inscribed verso 'For Dear Lois/ and her dear Len, Ant, Tim and Dween/ Joan Ritchie at the/ premiere of Gone With the Wind/from the favourite photo of herself/(I think taken by Jo Fallon)/ Jo Gone With the Wind/Jo Come With the Wind/
• Provenance:
  Collection of Lou And Tim Abrahams. Label: Love Mart/Christmas 1987
• Notes:
  Joan Sharp (nee Ritchie) was a close friend of Lois Abrahams and her family from the 1940s. Jo Fallon was a society photographer and a friend of Prince Phillip since 1946, the Prince enjoyed breaks from the 1954 Royal Tour by relaxing at Fallon's Coolong Rd Vaucluse house.
• Estimate:
  A$6,000 - 9,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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