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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  23 Aug 2023 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  3
• Lot Description:
  Constance Stokes
  (1906-1991)
  Holiday (1948)
  oil on composition board; frame: original, maker unknown, Melbourne
  59 x 45.8 cm
  signed 'Constance Stokes' lower right; signed and inscribed 'CONSTANCE STOKES / "HOLIDAY"' verso
• Provenance:
  Constance Stokes, Melbourne; Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1949 for £78.15.0; Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above
• Exhibited:
  "1948 Exhibition", Melbourne Contemporary Artists, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, 5-16 October 1948, no. 40, 50 gns;"Centenary Jubilee Train Exhibition", Victoria, February - June 1951;"Constance Stokes 1906-1991", Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 30 November 2021 - 31 March 2022, no. 7, 'Woman Resting 1949', illustrated
• References:
  Lucilla Wyborn d'Abrera, "Constance Stokes: Art and Life", Hill House Publishers, Melbourne, 2015, pp. 80, 81 (illustrated) , 'Woman Resting 1949'; Juliette Peers, "Constance Stokes 1906-1991", Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 2021, n.p. (illustrated), 'Woman Resting 1949'
• Estimate:
  A$50,000 - 70,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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