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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian + International Fine Art
• Sale Date:
  30 Apr 2014 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  1
• Lot Description:
  William Dobell
  (1899 - 1970)
  Boy Bathing, 1939
  oil on board
  21.0 x 15.0 cm
  signed lower right: W DOBELL
• Provenance:
  Ronald Millen, Sydney; Mervyn Horton, Sydney; Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne; Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1983
• Exhibited:
  Margaret Preston and William Dobell Loan Exhibition, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 March - 16 April 1942 (as 'A Bather', lent by R. Millen, label attached verso); The Art of William Dobell, John Martin's Art Gallery, as part of the Adelaide Festival of Arts, Adelaide, 11-26 March 1960 (as 'The Boy Bathing', lent by Mr Horton, label attached verso); Dobell - One Man, War Memorial Gallery of Fine Arts, The University of Sydney, Sydney, April 1960 (label attached verso); Willi
• References:
  Penton, B., 'Introduction', in Ure Smith, S., (ed.), The Art of William Dobell, Ure Smith Pty Limited, Sydney, 1946, p. 56 (illus.); Gleeson, J., William Dobell, Thames and Hudson, London, 1964, p. 18, cat. 79, pl. 29 (illus.); Gleeson, J., William Dobell, The World of Art Library, Thames and Hudson, London, 1969, pp. 25-26, pl. 6 (illus.); Thomas, D., 'The Mervyn Horton collection', Art and Australia, Spring 1983, p. 78 (illus., as 'A Bather')
• Notes:
  Related Works: Boy Washing, c1933, (sometimes known as 'Man Washing'), oil on canvas on panel, 35.5 x 30.5 cm, collection of Sir Daryl Lindsay, Melbourne; Colonel Aubrey Gibson, Melbourne; thence by descent, illus. in Art and Australia, vol. 2, no. 3, December 1964, p. 174
• Estimate:
  A$25,000 - 35,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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