Important Australian and International Fine Art - 10 May 2017 | Sydney
Lot 57
Justin O'brien
(1917 – 1996)
BATHERS, 1946
oil on canvas on board
104.0 x 40.5 cm
Estimate:
$20,000 – 30,000
Lot Details
Description
Justin O'Brien
(1917 – 1996)
BATHERS, 1946
oil on canvas on board
104.0 x 40.5 cm
signed lower right: O'Brien
inscribed verso: RRNZ / COL
Provenance
Mrs Margaret Carnegie, Melbourne
Christie's, Melbourne, 14 March 1974, lot 262 (as ‘The Swimmers’)
Private collection, Melbourne
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 26 April 1999, lot 77 (as ‘Boys in Landscape’)
Private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 29 November 2000, lot 71 (as ‘Boys in Landscape’)
Private Collection, Sydney
Lawson~Menzies, Sydney, 20 July 2002, lot 59 (as ‘Boys in Landscape’)
Private collection, Sydney
Leonard Joel, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited
Sydney Group: Oils and Watercolours, David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney, 6 – 27 August 1946, cat. 24