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• Auction House:
  Bonhams Australia
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  23 Aug 2022 ~ 7pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  55
• Lot Description:
  Eleanor (Nellie) Grist
  (1871-1957)
  Weary, 1894
  oil on canvas; Frame: Original, Isaac Whitehead, Melbourne
  91.5 x 71.0cm (36 x 27 15/16in).
  signed and dated lower right: 'N. Grist / 1894'
• Provenance:
  Private collection, Melbourne; thence by descent; Private collection, Melbourne
• Notes:
  Eleanor 'Nellie' Beatrice Grist (1871-1957) was studying at the National Gallery School in Melbourne from 1894-1895 when the present work was executed. Little is documented of the artist. In the early 1890s she was known to have painted portraits in oils and subsequently was better recognized as a teacher and practitioner of porcelain painting in Melbourne. Active from the 1890s through to the 1940s, Grist was a member of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors between 1912-1920. The connection with her friend and colleague, Florence Fuller and her original painting Weary, 1888, now in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, is unknown. However, for centuries it has been common practice for students to copy the works of established artists as part of their training. Housed in an original Isaac Whitehead frame, Whitehead was the preeminent frame maker in Melbourne supplying frames to many established artists such as Eugene von Guerard, Nicholas Chevalier and Louise Buvelot.
• Estimate:
  A$15,000 - 25,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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