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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Fine Art + Aboriginal Art
• Sale Date:
  02 Dec 2015 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  5
• Lot Description:
  Margaret Preston
  (1875 – 1963)
  The Snail, 1949
  colour stencil on black card; edition: 2/3
  31.0 x 23.5 cm
  signed with initials in image lower right: M.P.
• Provenance:
  Sydney Ure Smith, Sydney; Thence by descent; Ure Smith collection, Sydney
• Exhibited:
  Gouache Stencils by Margaret Preston, Grosvenor Galleries, Sydney, September 1949; Margaret Preston Survey (Nine Paintings and Thirteen Prints by Margaret Preston), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 4 June – 16 September 1959 ; Australian Print Survey, National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, October 1963 – November 1963, and touring in 1984 to: Art Gallery of New South Wales; Newcastle Region Art Gallery; Queensland Art Gallery; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery; National Gallery of
• References:
  Butel, E., Margaret Preston: The Art of Constant Rearrangement, Ringwood, 1985, pp. 70, 92, cat. P.60 (illus. another example); Butler, R., The Prints of Margaret Preston: A Catalogue Raisonné, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1987, p. 278, cat. 360 (illus., another example)
• Notes:
  The two other examples from this edition are in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
• Estimate:
  A$10,000 - 15,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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