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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Timed Online Auction | Modern + Contemporary Art
• Sale Date:
  04 Oct 2022 ~ 7pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  27
• Lot Description:
  Leonard Hessing
  (1931 - 2004)
  Venus on Landscape, 1961
  oil, charcoal, pastel and plaster on composition board
  127.0 x 118.0 cm; 134.5 x 125.0 cm (frame)
  signed and dated centre right: L Hessing 61; signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: L. HESSiNG / 'Venus on / Landscape'/ 1961
• Provenance:
  Australian Galleries, Melbourne; South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne; Harold E. Mertz, Texas; The Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, The University of Texas, Austin, a gift from the above in 1972 (label attached verso); Christie's, Melbourne, 28 June 2000,  lot 33 ; The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above
• Exhibited:
  Leonard Hessing, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 27 October - 6 November 1964, cat. 5; The Australian Painters 1964 – 66: Contemporary Australian Painting from the Mertz Collection, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 10 March – 16 April 1967, cat. 45; on long term loan to Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria 
• References:
  Nainby, B., Stanhope, Z., and Furlonger, K., The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, in association with Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2009, pp. 97, 221 
• Estimate:
  A$3,000 - 5,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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