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• Auction House:
  Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers
• Sale Name:
  The Australian Collection
• Sale Date:
  16 Jun 2019 ~ 2pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  169
• Lot Description:
  Charles Bush
  (1919 - 1989)
  Ruins of Market Building, Bacau, Port Timor circa 1945
  oil on cardboard
  24 x 20cm
  signed (sgraffitoed) lower right: Bush and sign titled and signed verso: RUINS OF MARKET BUILDING BAUCAU - PORT TIMOR / Charles Bush
• Provenance:
  inscribed verso: Given by Charles Bush to William Pettigrew (army friend) to Ian Hough (m. to Lucy H.) bequest to Bruce Wilson; bequest to Robert/Jean/Alison Wilson further inscribed in note: This painting was given by the artist Charles Bush to his army friend William Pettigrew, who gave it to my friend Ian Hough. On Ian's death his widow, Lucy gave it to me Bruce Wilson
• Notes:
  Charles Bush was a war artist in WWII, painting in Papua New Guinea and Timor (after the liberation from the Japanese) Bacau is on the the coast in what is now Timor "Este. It seems this market building, with Portuguese architectural influence, is still to be seen in Bacau.
• Estimate:
  A$1,000 - 1,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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