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• Auction House:
  Bonhams Australia
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  22 Apr 2021 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  92
• Lot Description:
  Jean Mary Bellette
  (1909-1991)
  The Mourners, c.1970
  oil on canvas
  65.0 x 100.0cm (25 9/16 x 39 3/8in).
  initialled upper right: 'JB'
  EXHIBITED: Ruth Prowse: Thirty years of Collecting, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, 1 April - 16 May 2004; Jean Bellette Retrospective, Bathurst Regional Gallery, New South Wales, 10 December 2004 - 16 January 2005; S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 12 March - 24 April 2004; University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, 6 May - 12 June 2005; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 12 July - 28 August 2005; Drill Hall Gallery, Australian Capital Territory, 3 November - 18 December 2005; Blue Chip XV: The Collectors Exhibition, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 4 - 29 June 2013, cat. 19 (label attached verso)
• Provenance:
  Christie's, Melbourne, 4 October 1977, lot 102; Mrs Ruth Prowse, Canberra; thence by descent; Private collection, Melbourne
• References:
  Christine France, Jean Bellette: Retrospective, National Trust of Australia, New South Wales, 2004, p. 54 (illus.)
• Estimate:
  A$8,000 - 12,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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