BRACHYCHITON DISCOLOR, c.1931

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Melbourne
3 May 2023
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© Margaret Preston/Copyright Agency 2023
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MARGARET PRESTON

(1875 - 1963)
BRACHYCHITON DISCOLOR, c.1931

hand–coloured woodcut

46.0 x 46.0 cm (image)
60.0 x 54.0 cm (sheet)

edition: 2nd proof of unknown edition size
signed with initials lower right: MP
signed, numbered and inscribed with title below image: Brachychiton 2nd proof Margaret Preston 

Estimate: 
$20,000 – $30,000
Sold for $28,227 (inc. BP) in Auction 74 - 3 May 2023, Melbourne
Provenance

Private collection, New South Wales
Private collection, New South Wales, acquired from the above c.1970

Exhibited

Society of Artists, Special Exhibition, David Jones’ Restaurant Annexe, Sydney, 14 – 28 May 1931, cat. 1 (as ‘Bracychilon [sic.] discolour [sic.]’) 

Literature

Butler, R., The Prints of Margaret Preston: A Catalogue Raisonné, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1987, cat. 154, p. 158 (as ‘Brachychiton discolor, c.1931)
Butler, R., The Prints of Margaret Preston: A Catalogue Raisonné, Australian National Gallery & Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 2005, cat. 154, p. 167 (as ‘Brachychiton discolor, c.1931’)