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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  16 Nov 2022 ~ 6.30pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  30
• Lot Description:
  William Dobell
  (1899-1970)
  Lady Lloyd Jones (1951)
  oil on composition board
  77 x 64 cm
  signed 'WILLIAM DOBELL' lower left
• Notes:
  PROVENANCE: William Dobell, Sydney; Sir Charles and Lady Lloyd Jones, Sydney, commissioned from the above in 1951; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Charles Lloyd Jones, Sydney, acquired from the above by exchange on 5 July 1983; Sotheby's Australia; Corporate Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1996; Sotheby's Australia; Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1999; Important Australian & International Art, Smith & Singer, Sydney, 2 September 2020, lot 9, illustrated; Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above. EXHIBITED: The Archibald Prize, 1951, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 January - 24 February 1952, no. 50; Contemporary Australian Painting, Auckland City Art Gallery, February - March 1957, no. 11; The Art of William Dobell, National Gallery Society of Queensland, Brisbane, 11 August - September 1959, no. 35; William Dobell: Paintings from 1926-1964, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 July - 30 August 1964, no. 134 (label verso); William Dobell Exhibition, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, November 1964, no. 3 (label verso). REFERENCES: 1951 Archibald Prize Illustrated, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1952, plate 4; Arnold Shore, 'Ease, Excellence Mark Archibald Winner', The Argus, Melbourne, 26 January 1952, p. 5; 'Archibald Prize for Hele', The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 26 January 1952, p. 5; Alan McCulloch, 'Harmony on Art Award', The Herald, Melbourne, 26 January 1952, p. 3; James Gleeson, 'Not Impressed by Hele Portrait', The Mail, Adelaide, 26 January 1952, p. 5; Joe Jonsson, 'Crowds Sought the Winner - Stayed to Admire Dobell', The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, 29 January 1952, p. 2; 'Archibald Prize, 1951', Le Courier Australien, Sydney, 8 February 1952, p. 5; 'The Archibald Prize', The Warwick Daily News, Queensland, 20 February 1952, p. 5; James Gleeson, William Dobell, Thames and Hudson, London, 1964, cat. no. 207, pp. 199, 104, '1952'
• Estimate:
  A$80,000 - 100,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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