James Gleeson
(1915 - 2008)
THE JUDGEMENT OF PARIS II, 1979
pastel, charcoal and watercolour on paper
49.0 x 69.0 cm (image)
53.5 x 72.5 cm (sheet)
77.0 x 95.0 cm (frame)
signed and dated in image lower left: Gleeson / 29.12.79
inscribed with title in margin lower left: The Judgement of Paris II
signed in margin lower right: James Gleeson
Estimate:
$3,000 - $4,000
Sold:
$8,591 (inc. BP)
© The Estate of James Gleeson, 2025
lot details
53.5 x 72.5 cm (sheet)
77.0 x 95.0 cm (frame)
inscribed with title in margin lower left: The Judgement of Paris II
signed in margin lower right: James Gleeson
Watters Gallery, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 2005
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 27 November 2015, lot 101
Private collection, Melbourne
Literature
Free, R., James Gleeson: Images from the Shadows, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1993, pp. 156 – 157, fig. 28b (illus.)
Kolenberg, H., and Ryan, A., James Gleeson: Drawings for Paintings, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2003, p. 63
Related Works
Other examples of ‘The judgement of Paris’ series are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney