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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian & International Art
• Sale Date:
  20 Apr 2021 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  13
• Lot Description:
  Fred Williams
  (1927-1982)
  Trees and Rocks II 1963
  oil and tempera on composition board
  105.5 x 81.2 cm ; frame: original, Fred Williams, Melbourne
  signed and dated 'Fred Williams 63' lower left
• Provenance:
  Fred Williams, Melbourne; Georges Gallery, Melbourne (label verso); Alan H. Boxer, Melbourne, acquired from the above in April 1964 for 200 gns; Sotheby's Australia (now trading as Smith & Singer); Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
• References:
  David Chalker and Peter Herbst, "The Boxer Collection: Modernism, Murrumbeena and Angry Penguins", Nolan Gallery, Australian Capital Territory, 1981, pp. 3, 14 (illustrated), 15; Morris Low and Nancy Sever, "Crossing Cultures: Art from the Boxer Collection", Australian National University, Canberra, 2000, pp. 12 (illustrated), 13, 43
• Notes:
  EXHIBITED: "Fred Williams", Georges Gallery, Melbourne, 1-14 April 1964, no. 12, 'Trees and Rocks', 200 gns; "Fred Williams", Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney, 13-30 May 1964, no. 10; "Panorama of Australian Painting 1818-1968", Studley House, Melbourne, 20-23 April 1968, no. 151, 'Trees and Rocks'; "The Boxer Collection", University Art Gallery, University of Melbourne, 1-30 August 1974, no. 30; "The Boxer Collection: Modernism, Murrumbeena and Angry Penguins", Nolan Gallery, Australian Capital Territory, 1981, no. 21, illustrated; "Crossing Cultures: Art from the Boxer Collection", Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, 4 May - 18 June 2000, no. 58, illustrated
• Estimate:
  A$200,000 - 300,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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