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• Auction House:
  Davidson Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & International Art featuring the David Angeloro Collection of Australian Sculpture
• Sale Date:
  16 Aug 2020 ~ 12noon (AEST)
• Lot #:
  104
• Lot Description:
  Barbara Tribe
  (1913-2000)
  "Sun Worshipper", 1934
  Plaster
  H35cm W34cm D15cm
  Signed to base
  Modelled & cast: 1933/34 by Barbara Tribe at East Sydney Technical College. Foundry Model: 1998 used by Crawford Casting to create cast for two bronzes of The Sun Worshipper.
• Provenance:
  Angeloro Collection - Acquired: circa 1979 from Iris Spicer who modelled for the sculpture and received it as part payment from Barbara Tribe in circa 1933.
• Exhibited:
  Exhibited: Sept 1934 at Society of Artists (Sydney); May 1935 Women's Industrial Art Society (Sydney).
• References:
  Illustrated: "2012 Australian Women Sculptors: Women's Work in Three Dimensions (1778 to 1940)," by David Angeloro
• Notes:
  Model was Iris Eleanor Spicer (Mrs Sid Platt) who was also a model for Norman Lindsay, Rayner Hoff and other Sydney artists.
• Estimate:
  A$2,000 - 4,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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