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• Auction House:
  Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers
• Sale Name:
  Australian & International Art
• Sale Date:
  29 Oct 2023 ~ 12noon (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  75
• Lot Description:
  Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
  (1888-1960)
  We Filled the Shells with a Beautiful Oil, Brought from Across the Sea circa 1924
  watercolour
  37 x 30.5cm
  initialled lower right: I.R.O
• Provenance:
  Commissioned by The British Imperial Oil Co. Ltd.; Private Collection, Melbourne; Thence by descent
• References:
  Martin, George W & Outhwaite, Ida Rentoul & British Imperial Oil Co. 1924, The Sentry and the Shell Fairy, Anderson, Gowan Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, p. 9 (illustrated); The Shell Fairy Calendar 1924 - 1925, July-August (colour illus., unpaginated), British Imperial Oil Co. Ltd, Melbourne (titled as 'Fairies filling Shells with Shell Lubricating Oil.')
• Estimate:
  A$22,000 - 25,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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