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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian + International Fine Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  27 Aug 2014 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  114
• Lot Description:
  Hugh Sawrey
  (1923 – 1999)
  Monkira Ringers
  oil on composition board
  50.0 x 60.0 cm
  signed lower right: SAWREY; inscribed verso: "MONKIRA / RINGERS" / DIAMANTINA / CHANNELS / WESTERN / QLD / HUGH SAWREY
• Provenance:
  Brigadier R.W.P. Dodd, MC (CMF), Queensland; Thence by descent; Estate of Molly Dodd, Queensland
• References:
  Sawrey, H., The Art of Hugh Sawrey, Collectors Edition, John Hooper, Queensland, 1981, pp. 72–73 (illus. Front Cover and p. 73) ; 'In the course of tending a muster, and meeting up with the Durrie, Mt. Leonard and Monkira Ringers, the artist found himself tailing bullocks on Monkira Run. ; In this painting he depicts two of the Monkira stockmen, boiling up along the Diamantina River, channel country, western Queensland.'
• Estimate:
  A$5,000 - 8,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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