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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian & International Art
• Sale Date:
  20 Apr 2021 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  12
• Lot Description:
  Ian Fairweather
  (1891-1974)
  On the Lake (1964)
  synthetic polymer paint and gouache on cardboard on hardboard
  69 x 93 cm
  inscribed 'On the Lake' lower centre; signed 'Ian Fairweather' lower right
• Provenance:
  Ian Fairweather, Bribie Island; Macquarie Galleries, Sydney; Mrs M.A. McGrath, Sydney, acquired from the above in May 1965, until ; "Australian Historical and Contemporary Drawings and Paintings", Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 6 March 1970, lot 63, illustrated; Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne (stock 2017), acquired from the above; Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above on 10 March 1970
• Exhibited:
  "The Drunken Buddha: Ian Fairweather", Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 12-24 May 1965, no. 6, 275 gns; "Ian Fairweather: The Drunken Buddha", TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, 29 November 2014 - 15 March 2015
• References:
  Ian Fairweather, "The Drunken Buddha", University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, 1965, p. 155 (illustrated); Murray Bail, "Fairweather" (rev. ed.), Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2009, p. 204; Ian Fairweather, "The Drunken Buddha" (rev. ed.), University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, 2015, pp. 143 (illustrated), 165
• Estimate:
  A$200,000 - 300,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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