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Lot #53 - Edwin Tanner

  • Auction House:
    Deutscher and Hackett
  • Sale Name:
    Important Australian + International Fine Art featuring The Peter and Renate Nahum Collection of Aboriginal Art
  • Sale Date:
    15 Jul 2020 ~ 7pm (AEST)
  • Lot #:
    53
  • Lot Description:
    Edwin Tanner
    (1920 – 1980)
    Gift Horse, 1956 (Verso: Study For The Draughtsman)
    oil on canvas on board
    61.5 x 66.0 cm
    signed and dated upper left: EDWIN TANNER. 56.
  • Provenance:
    Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso, stock no. 2650); Rudy Komon, Sydney (by 1976); Ray Hughes, Sydney; The Estate of Ray Hughes, Sydney
  • References:
    Duncan, J., "Edwin Tanner Works 1952–1980", Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 14 (illus.) 18, 25; Hemingway, B., and Nodrum, C., "Edwin Tanner: Paintings 1952 – 1979", The Estate of Edwin Tanner in association with The Hughes Gallery, Sydney & Charles Nodrum Gallery Melbourne, 2014, pp. 24 – 25 (illus.); Fitzpatrick, A., "Edwin Tanner. Mathematical Expressionist," TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria, 2018, pp. 22, 103 (illus.), 132
  • Notes:
    EXHIBITED: "Edwin Tanner", Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 7 – 24 April 1959, cat. 10; "Edwin Tanner", Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, 23 June – 10 July 1970, cat. 12; "Edwin Tanner Retrospective," The Age Gallery, Melbourne, 18 – 29 October 1976, cat. 80; "Edwin Tanner: Works 1952– 1980," Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, 15 March – 12 May 1990, cat. 17; "Edwin Tanner: Paintings 1952 – 1979", The Hughes Gallery, Sydney, 30 October – 25 November 2014, cat. 22; Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 12 March – 4 April 2015, cat. 5; "Edwin Tanner. Mathematical Expressionist", TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria, 12 May – 15 July 2018
  • Estimate:
    A$18,000 - 24,000
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Art

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