Ivor Hele
(1912 - 1993)
MARSHMALLOWS, 1961
oil on composition board
61.0 x 91.0 cm
signed and dated lower left: Ivor Hele / 61
inscribed with title and date verso: MARSHMALLOWS / 61
Estimate:
$10,000 - $15,000
Sold:
$42,955 (inc. BP)
lot details
Ivor Hele (1912 - 1993)
MARSHMALLOWS, 1961
oil on composition board
61.0 x 91.0 cm
signed and dated lower left: Ivor Hele / 61
inscribed with title and date verso: MARSHMALLOWS / 61
inscribed with title and date verso: MARSHMALLOWS / 61
Provenance
Private collection, Adelaide, acquired after 1966
Thence by descent
Private collection, Adelaide
Exhibited
Ivor Hele, 6th Adelaide Festival of Arts, John Martin’s Audiotorium, Adelaide, 5 – 26 March 1970, cat. 36
Literature
Hele, I. and Ashton, W., The Art of Ivor Hele, The Griffin Press, Rigby Limited, Adelaide, 1966, pl. 20 (illus.)
The subject depicts Christopher Legoe QC AO cutting “marshmallows” on his property at Aldinga, South Australia property in 1961.