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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian & International Art
• Sale Date:
  20 Apr 2021 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  6
• Lot Description:
  Constance Stokes
  (1906-1991)
  The Three Graces (1951)
  oil on board
  70.2 x 55.9 cm
  signed 'Constance Stokes' lower right
• Provenance:
  Constance Stokes, Melbourne; Georges Gallery, Melbourne; Mr G. Angus Richardson, Melbourne; "Australian, International and Contemporary Paintings", Christie's Australia, 6 May 2003, lot 47, illustrated; Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
• Exhibited:
  "The George Bell Group Exhibition", Georges Gallery, Melbourne, 31 July - August 1951, 200 gns; "Constance Stokes: Paintings and Drawings", Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Mornington, 9 August - 16 September 1974, no. 10; "Classical Modernism: The George Bell Circle", National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 28 May - 31 August 1992, no. 176, illustrated
• Notes:
  REFERENCES: 'Important Show by Bell Group', "The Age", Melbourne, 31 July 1951, p. 7; Arnold Shore, 'Bell Group's Art Strong', "The Argus", Melbourne, 31 July 1951, p. 6; Alan McCulloch, 'Exhibition by the George Bell Group', "The Herald", Melbourne, 1 August 1951, p. 7 (illustrated); Alan McCulloch, "Encyclopedia of Australian Art", Hutchinson, Melbourne, 1968, p. 627 (illustrated); Felicity St John Moore, "Classical Modernism: The George Bell Circle", National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1992, pp. 79 (illustrated), 126-127; Lucilla Wyborn d'Abrera, "Constance Stokes: Art & Life", Hill House Publishers, Melbourne, 2015, pp. 100 (illustrated), 190 (illustrated), 192
• Estimate:
  A$60,000 - 80,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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