Lina Bryans
(German/Australian, 1909 - 2001)
GERTRUDE STREET, 1948
oil on plywood
55.5 x 64.5 cm
signed and dated lower left: Lina 48
signed, dated and inscribed verso: 1948 ‘COLLINGWOOD’ / Lina Bryans
Estimate:
$15,000 - $20,000
Sold:
$18,409 (inc. BP)
lot details
signed, dated and inscribed verso: 1948 ‘COLLINGWOOD’ / Lina Bryans
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired directly from the artist, late 1970s
Private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 6 May 2015, lot 59
Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited
Paintings by Lina Bryans, Georges Gallery, Melbourne, 21 – 30 September 1948, cat. 9
Lina Bryans: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 21 September 1982 – 31 March 1983, and touring Banyule Gallery, Melbourne, Ballarat Art Gallery, Victoria and Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria, cat. 28
Literature
Bell, G., The Sun, Sydney, 21 September 1948
Foorwood, G., Lina Bryans: Rare Modern 1909 – 2000, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2003, p. 111