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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Geoffrey Stillwell AM Collection
• Sale Date:
  22 Nov 2015 ~ 2.30pm
• Lot #:
  8
• Lot Description:
  Curzona Frances Louise (Lily) Allport
  (Tasmania 1860 - 1949)
  Geese in a field
  oil on board - triptych; original gilded timber frame
  87.7 x 20.5cm
• Provenance:
  Acquired by Geoffrey T. Stilwell from Henry Allport, benefactor of the Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, Hobart. Found in a shed at Cedar Court, Sandy Bay, circa 1967.
• Notes:
  'Lily' Allport initially trained under her grandmother, Mary Morton Allport, moving to London in 1888, thence studying in Paris and Rome, where she exhibited and taught extensively. She was the first Tasmanian woman to exhibit at The Royal Academy (1893, 1894, 1906). She returned to Tasmania in 1931.
• Estimate:
  A$5,000 - 8,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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