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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  100 Highlights from the Cbus Collection of Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  27 Jul 2022 ~ 7pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  20
• Lot Description:
  Margaret Preston
  (1875 - 1963)
  Flowers in Jug, c.1929
  hand-coloured woodcut
  28.0 x 20.5 cm (image); 33.3 x 24.8 cm (sheet)
  signed lower right below image: Margaret Preston; edition of 125 
  REFERENCES: Ure Smith, S., & Gellert, L. (eds.), "Margaret Preston: Recent Paintings", Art & Australia, Sydney, 1929 pl. 6 (illus., as ‘Jug of Flowers’, another example); Cashman, K., "Margaret Preston in Mosman", Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, 2002; Butler, R., "The Prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné", National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2006, cat. 137, pp. 152, 153 (illus., another example); Nainby, B., Stanhope, Z., and Furlonger, K.," The Cbus Collection of Australian Art", in association with Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2009, pp. 19, 230 (illus.); Campbell, H.", Colour, Rhythm, design: wood and lino cuts of the 20s & 30s", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2010, p. 11 (illus.). Related Work/s: Other examples of this print are held in the public collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth and the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
• Provenance:
  Private collection; Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 22 April 1991, lot 56 (as ‘Mixed Blooms in a Black Jug’); Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne; The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above on 29 April 1991
• Exhibited:
  "Bloomin’ Art", Wollongong City Gallery, New South Wales, December 2002 – May 2003; "Australian Collection Focus: Colour, Rhythm, Design - wood & lino cuts of the 20s & 30s", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 March – 11 July 2010 (another example); "In Bloom", Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria, 19 August – 14 September 2014; "Morning, Noon and Light", Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria, 13 July – 13 October 2019; on long term loan to Wollongong City Gallery, New South Wales
• Estimate:
  A$10,000 - 15,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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