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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Timed Online Auction | Fine Art | Australian & International
• Sale Date:
  18 Sep 2023 ~ 6pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  6037
• Lot Description:
  Dorothy Elizabeth (Dora) Toovey
  (Australia, 1898-1986)
  Simpson's Gap, Northern Territory
  Oil on canvas
  37 x 45 cm Frame: 51 x 58 cm
  Signed & titled verso twice
  Condition: Water affected right hand side, losses, staining to reverse, original frame
• Provenance:
  The Estate of the Late Dora Toovey, thence by descent
• Notes:
  The Artist travelled many times to remote outback Australia, usually on bus tours, to visit her son James Murray Jackson, who was working as a geologist in remote locations. She took her artist's materials with her, painting when she could during breaks such as morning & afternoon tea. Towards the end of her life she was working towards an exhibition of these works but the exhibition was cancelled unexpectedly & she died before another could be organised.
• Estimate:
  A$400 - 600
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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