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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  27 Aug 2019 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  16
• Lot Description:
  William Dobell
  (1899-1970)
  The Dead Landlord (1936)
  oil on board
  31 x 38.5 cm
  signed 'Dobell' lower left
  EXHIBITED: "Margaret Preston and William Dobell Loan Exhibition", National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 March - 16 April 1942, no. 38 (label verso); "William Dobell", David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, 1-26 August 1944, no. 36, '1940' Newcastle Trades Hall, Newcastle, 31 October 1944; "An Exhibition of Present-Day Art from New South Wales and Other States", Lower Town Hall, Melbourne, 13-27 February 1945, no. 21 "William Dobell: Paintings from 1926-1964", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 July - 30 August 1964, no. 48 (label verso); "William Dobell: An Exhibition of Selected Works", Commonwealth Festival of Arts, Qantas Gallery, London, 14 September - 16 October 1965, no. 17 "The Great Decades of Australian Art: Selected Masterpieces from the J.G.L. Collection", National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 21 November 1984 - 28 January 1985, illustrated; "William Dobell: The Painter's Progress", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 14 February - 27 April 1997; Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, 7 May - 6 July 1997; Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne, 29 July - 21 September 1997; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 25 October - 7 December 1997; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 8 January - 1 March 1998, illustrated (label verso)
• Provenance:
  William Dobell, Sydney, until at least 1946 Mr GÈrald Leroy Terquem, Sydney and Paris, acquired from the above,; "Australian and European Paintings and Sculpture", Christie's Australia, Sydney, 3 October 1973, lot 509, illustrated Mr Denis Gowing, Melbourne, acquired from the above; J.G.L. Investments Pty Ltd, Melbourne, acquired from the above on 27 May 1980
• Estimate:
  A$900,000 - 1,100,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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