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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  23 Aug 2023 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  38
• Lot Description:
  Bessie Davidson
  (1879-1965)
  Still Life with Irises (circa 1920)
  oil on composition board
  72 x 49 cm
  signed 'Bessie Davidson' lower left
• Provenance:
  Bessie Davidson, Paris; Private Collection; Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne; Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above; Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne; Private Collection, New South Wales, acquired from the above in 2013
• Exhibited:
  "Spring Exhibition 1981", Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 10-24 September 1981, no. 11, illustrated; "Modern Australian Painting", Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 14 April - 5 May 2012, no. 2, illustrated; "Bessie Davidson: An Australian Impressionist in Paris", Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, 20 March - 26 July 2020
• References:
  Tansy Curtain, "Bessie Davidson: An Australian Impressionist in Paris", Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, 2020, p. 63
• Estimate:
  A$140,000 - 180,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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