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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  08 May 2012 ~ 6.30pm
• Lot #:
  6
• Lot Description:
  John Perceval
  1923-2000
  Ship's Graveyard 1956
  oil and tempera on composition board
  72 x 121 cm
  signed 'Perceval 1956' lower right
• Provenance:
  Private Collection, Melbourne Fine Australian Paintings, Books, Sculpture & Photographs, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 24 July 1988, lot 349, 'Boats at Williamstown, Akuna', illustrated Private Collection, Sydney
• Exhibited:
  Exhibition of Paintings by John Perceval, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 12-30 November 1956, no. 13, 75 gns John Perceval Exhibition, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, 29 May - 7 June 1957, no. 9, 75 gns Crouch Exhibition 1958, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, 20 March 1958, no. 253, 65 gns
• References:
  Alan McCulloch, 'Fine Art and Industry', The Herald, Melbourne, 14 November 1956 p. 24 (illustrated) Traudi Allen, John Perceval, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1992, p. 156
• Estimate:
  A$250,000 - 350,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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