Elaine Haxton
(1909 - 1999)
OLD SYDNEY, 1942
oil on board
50.5 x 71.0 cm
signed lower right: ELAINE HAXTON
Estimate:
$25,000 - $35,000
Sold:
$24,000 (inc. BP)
lot details
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 17 April 1989, lot 442 (as 'Ship and Mermaid' 1942)
Melbourne Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne (as 'Circular Quay' 1942)
Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited
Society of Artists Annual Exhibition, Education Department Gallery Loftus Street, Sydney, 2–24 September 1942
Important Australian Women Artists, Melbourne Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne, 10 June – 21 July 1993, (as 'Circular Quay')
Literature
Society of Artists Book 1942, Ure Smith Pty Ltd, Sydney, p. 33 (illus.)
Coombes, P., Elaine Haxton: A biography: Achievements in paint and print, Communication Programs Pty Ltd, Sydney, 1990, pp. 60–61 (illus., as 'Circular Quay' 1942)
Collie, B., and Smith, L., (eds), Important Australian Women Artists, Melbourne Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne, 1993, pp. 8, 74, 75, 108 (illus. p. 74 as 'Circular Quay')