MOSES AND THE WATERLILIES, 1987

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Melbourne
29 August 2012
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JOHN PERCEVAL

(1923 - 2000)
MOSES AND THE WATERLILIES, 1987

oil and tempera on composition board

68.0 x 97.0 cm

signed and dated lower left: ‘87 / Perceval
signed and dated verso: Perceval / ‘87

Estimate: 
$36,000 - 48,000
Sold for $72,000 (inc. BP) in Auction 26 - 29 August 2012, Melbourne
Provenance

Private collection, Sydney, acquired directly from the artist

Exhibited

John Perceval: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 30 April – 12 July 1992, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 6 August – 20 September 1992 (label attached verso)

Literature

Reid, B., Of Dark and Light: The Art of John Perceval, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1992, p. 63 (illus.)

Related works

Moses and the Dragonflies, 1969, private collection, Melbourne, in Allen, T., John Perceval, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1992, p. 88 (illus.)
Moses and the Insects, 1969/70, whereabouts unknown, in Allen, T., John Perceval, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1992, p. 89 (illus.)