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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Collection of Rodney Davidson AO OBE LLB
• Sale Date:
  21 Mar 2017 ~ 12noon
• Lot #:
  152
• Lot Description:
  James Gleeson
  (1915-2008)
  Sea-wrack Involving the Heads of Tristan and Isolde, 1947
  oil on canvas
  120 x 90 cm
  signed centre right: GLEESON
  REFERENCES: Sandra McGrath, 'Profile: James Gleeson', Art and Australia, Sydney, Vol. 5, No. 3, December 1967, pp. 521 (illustrated), 523, 'Tristan and Isolde 1948'; Renée Free, James Gleeson: Images from the Shadows, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1996, pp. 74, 75 (illustrated); Hendrik Kolenberg and Anne Ryan, James Gleeson: Drawings for Paintings, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2003, pp. 43, 44 (illustrated); Lou Klepac, Ken Wach, Renée Free et al., James Gleeson: beyond the screen of sight, The Beagle Press, Sydney, 2004, illustrated, p. 101
• Provenance:
  Mr Kingsley, London; Mr Stephen Warwick, London; Sotheby's, Modern British Drawings, Paintings and Sculpture, London, 26 April 1972, lot 122; Mr Kurt Barry, Surfers Paradise
• Exhibited:
  The London Gallery, London, James Gleeson & Robert Klippel, 9 November - 4 December 1948, cat. no. 5; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, James Gleeson: Drawings for Paintings, 12 April - 15 June 2003; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, James Gleeson: Beyond the Screen of Sight, 29 October 2004 - 27 February 2005, cat. no. 23
• Notes:
  RELATED WORK: Studies for ‘Sea wrack Involving the Heads of Tristan and Isolde’ (nine sheets), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Captives, study for ‘Sea wrack Involving the Heads of Tristan and Isolde’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
• Estimate:
  A$60,000 - 80,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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