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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian & International Art
• Sale Date:
  02 May 2023 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  63
• Lot Description:
  William Dobell
  (1899-1970)
  Temporary Bridge over Thames (1936)
  oil on canvas on board
  40.6 x 50.6 cm
  signed 'W DOBELL' lower left
  PROVENANCE: William Dobell, London; Captain Neil McEacharn, Sydney, acquired from the above in March 1942; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, gift from the above in 1954; Australian + International Fine Art, Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 10 March 2004, lot 51, 'A London Bridge (Hungerford Bridge)', illustrated; John Williams, Sydney, acquired from the above; The John Williams Collection, Christie's Australia, Sydney, 20 September 2005, lot 5, 'A London Bridge (Hungerford Bridge)', illustrated; Savill Galleries, Sydney (label verso), acquired from the above; Savill: The Private and The Public, The Denis Savill Collection of Australian Art, Smith & Singer (trading as Sotheby's Australia), Sydney, 10 May 2016, lot 7, illustrated; Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
• References:
  Contemporary Australian Art: Collected by Neil McEacharn, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1945, p. 18 (illustrated), 'London Bridge'; Sydney Ure Smith, The Art of William Dobell, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1946, p. 96 (illustrated), 'London Bridge'; James Gleeson, William Dobell, Thames and Hudson, London, 1964, cat. no. 43, plate 20, pp. 131 (illustrated), 190, 'A London Bridge'
• Notes:
  EXHIBITED: Margaret Preston and William Dobell Loan Exhibition, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 March - 16 April 1942, no. 18; William Dobell, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, 1-26 August 1944, no. 145, 'Bridge over Thames, 1937'; Exposition Internationale d'Art Moderne, Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris, 18 November - 28 December 1946, no. 6, 'Pont temporaire sur la Tamise'; Exhibition of Contemporary Australian Art from the Collections of Captain Neil McEacharn and Peter Bellew, Esq. as exhibited at UNESCO, Paris, Exhibition Hall, Australia House, London, 9-30 April 1947, no. 7; The Art of William Dobell, National Gallery Society of Queensland, Brisbane, 11 August - September 1959, no. 7, 'London Bridge' (label verso); William Dobell: Paintings from 1926-1964, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 July - 30 August 1964, no. 54, 'A London Bridge'; Australian Paintings: Traditional, Modern and Contemporary, Savill Galleries, Melbourne, 13 August - 17 September 2006, no. 53, 'A London Bridge (Hungerford Bridge)', illustrated
• Estimate:
  A$30,000 - 40,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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