John Passmore
(1904 - 1984)
THE SEAGULL, 1958
oil on newspaper on composition board
43.0 x 61.0 cm
56.5 x 74.5 cm (frame)
signed with initials lower right: JP
signed and inscribed with date and title verso: John Passmore /”The Seagull”/1958
Estimate:
$10,000 - $15,000
Sold:
$17,182 (inc. BP)
© John Passmore Museum, Sydney
lot details
56.5 x 74.5 cm (frame)
signed and inscribed with date and title verso: John Passmore /”The Seagull”/1958
The Estate of the Artist, Sydney
Fred & Elinor Wrobel, Sydney
Christie’s, Melbourne, 11 April 1990, lot 127
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne
The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above, 4 February 1991
Exhibited
BUS Art Collection, Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, New South Wales, 16 March – 12 April 1992, cat. 42
on long term loan to Gippsland Art Gallery, Melbourne
Literature
Nainby, B., Stanhope, Z., and Furlonger, K., The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, in association with Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2009, pp. 15, 89 (illus.), 228
Condition:
This work is in excellent, stable and original condition.
Under ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of past restoration.
The work is housed in a timber frame with gilt front face and linen slip.