SHEK ON THE VERANDAH, THE ARTIST'S HOUSE, WANGI, c.1948

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Sydney
27 August 2014
129

WILLIAM DOBELL

(1899 - 1970)
SHEK ON THE VERANDAH, THE ARTIST'S HOUSE, WANGI, c.1948

gouache on paper

15.0 x 23.0 cm (irregular)

signed and inscribed lower right: "Shek" Will Dobell

Estimate: 
$3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $7,800 (inc. BP) in Auction 36 - 27 August 2014, Sydney
Provenance

Gift from the artist to Sir Laurence and Lady Olivier in 1948, then accompanying the book Ure Smith, S., The Art of William Dobell, 1946 (inscribed: 'To Sir Lawrence [sic] and Lady Olivier in appreciation, Bill Dobell', dated 1948)
Private collection, Melbourne