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• Auction House:
  Barsby Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Timed Online Auction: August 2023 Australian & International Art
• Sale Date:
  05 Aug 2023 ~ 12noon (AEST)
• Lot #:
  1013
• Lot Description:
  George Washington Lambert
  (1873-1930)
  Bay Horse
  oil on wooden panel
  30cm x 40cm
  unsigned
  A Study of an Australian war horse by Lambert, the official war artist for Australia, appointed in 1917.
• Provenance:
  Anthony Hordern & Sons Gallery, Sydney, Australia, Lot 129 as, 'Bay Horse', oil on wood. John Joseph Gregory McGirr (11 October 1879 - 23 March 1949), purchased from the above in 1930, at the George Lambert Memorial exhibition. Thence by family decent to the present owner.
• Exhibited:
  George Lambert Memorial Exhibition [1930]: paintings shown at the Education Department's Art Gallery and Anthony Hordern's Art Gallery / photographed by Arthur Ernest Foster Purportedly hung for a period in NSW State Parliament.
• Notes:
  McGirr was an Australian politician who served in the NSW Legislative Assembly 1913 - 1925, representing the Labor Party and was the brother of James McGirr, Labor Premier of NSW.
• Estimate:
  A$5,000 - 7,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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