Two Important Private Collections: Modern / Traditional - 8 December 2021 | Melbourne
Lot 31
Ivor Hele
(1912 - 1993)
MARSHMALLOWS, 1961
oil on composition board
61.0 x 91.0 cm
Estimate:
$10,000 – $15,000
Lot sold: $42,955 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Ivor Hele
(1912 - 1993)
MARSHMALLOWS, 1961
oil on composition board
61.0 x 91.0 cm
signed and dated lower left: Ivor Hele / 61
inscribed with title and date verso: MARSHMALLOWS / 61
Provenance
Private collection, Adelaide, acquired after 1966
Thence by descent
Private collection, Adelaide
Exhibited
Ivor Hele, 6th Adelaide Festival of Arts, John Martin’s Audiotorium, Adelaide, 5 – 26 March 1970, cat. 36
Literature
Hele, I. and Ashton, W., The Art of Ivor Hele, The Griffin Press, Rigby Limited, Adelaide, 1966, pl. 20 (illus.)
Catalogue text
The subject depicts Christopher Legoe QC AO cutting “marshmallows” on his property at Aldinga, South Australia property in 1961.