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• Auction House:
  Bonhams Australia
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  11 May 2022 ~ 7.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  39
• Lot Description:
  George Gittoes
  (born 1949)
  Our Chair, 1989
  oil on canvas
  205.5 x 134.0cm (80 7/8 x 52 3/4in).
  signed and dated lower left: 'GITTOES 89'
  Sold to benefit the University of Sydney art collections
• Provenance:
  The University of Sydney Collection, Sydney, donated by the artist's mother in 1991
• Exhibited:
  Heavy Industry, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle, 16 July – 13 August 1989, cat. 15; then touring State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, 7 June – 21 July 1991, cat. 15, Newcastle Region Public Library, Newcastle, 24 Feb – 4 April 1992, cat. 8; Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 December 1989 - 28 January 1990, cat no. 91
• References:
  Broken Hill Art Gallery, Heavy Industry, 1992, Broken Hill, New South Wales: Broken Hill City Art Gallery, c.1992, cat. 4, cover illus., p. 23; Art and Australia, vol. 27 number 4 winter 1990, pp. 568-575; The University of Sydney News 17 Dec 1991 p. 285; Nevill Drury, Images 2: Contemporary Australian Painting, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1994, pl. 52 (illus.); Gavin Fry, George Gittoes, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1998, p. 39, pl. 5 (illus.)
• Estimate:
  A$4,000 - 6,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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