48 tallies (birthday still life), 2004

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Melbourne
26 August 2026
73

NOEL McKENNA

born 1956
48 tallies (birthday still life), 2004

synthetic polymer paint on board in artist’s hand–made frame

30.0 x 89.0 cm

signed and dated upper left: NMcKENNA04

Estimate: 
$15,000 – $20,000
Provenance

Heiser Gallery, Brisbane (labels attached verso)
Private collection, New South Wales
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 29 November 2017, lot 38
Private collection, Queensland 

Exhibited

Noel McKenna – Australia II including The Queensland Room, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, 31 August – 2 October 2004, cat. 24 (illus. in exhibition catalogue) (label attached verso)
Snap Freeze: Still Life Now, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria, 20 May – 11 November 2007 (illus. in exhibition catalogue)
Still Life 1930s – present, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland, 14 February – 29 March 2009
John Brack x Noel McKenna: A face in the mirror, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 3 April – 19 July 2026