Nora Heysen (1911 - 2003)

STILL LIFE OF BOTTLES (TRIPTYCH), 1926

pencil and watercolour on three sheets of paper (triptych)

31.5 x 39.5 cm; 11.0 x 13.5 cm; 10.5x 13.5 cm (sheets)
54.0 x 59.5 cm; 41.0 x 32.0 cm; 37.0 x 32.2 cm (frames)

i: signed and dated lower left: NORA HEYSEN 1926
ii and iii: signed with lower left initials N.H.

Private collection
Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 22 April 1991, lot 105
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne
The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above on 29 April 1991

BUS Art Collection, Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, New South Wales, 16 March – 12 April 1992, cat. 16 (as ‘Still Life’)
The Reading Room: The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria, 9 November 2013 – 20 April 2014
on long term loan to Wollongong City Art Gallery, New South Wales

Nainby, B., Stanhope, Z., and Furlonger, K., The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, in association with Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2009, pp. 19, 53 (illus.), 221

Condition:
These three works are in very good, stable and near original condition.
The colour pigment values remain strong and vibrant. The works have not been viewed out of their frames but do not appear to be laid down.
(i) There are a number of minor foxing spots to the top left quadrant and a minor abrasion to the top left corner and centre right edge.
(ii) There are a number of very minor foxing specks to the centre and top right quadrant.
(iii) There are no visible imperfections.
All the above imperfections are minor and visible in the enlarged online catalogue images.
Under ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of past restoration to the three works.

The works are housed in thin dark stained timber frames with window mounts under Perspex.