Michael Shannon (1927 - 1993)

THE EDGE OF THE CITY, 1956

oil on canvas

90.0 x 69.5 cm
111.4 x 91.0 cm (frame)

signed and dated lower right: Shannon 56
signed and inscribed with title verso: The Edge of the City / Michael Shannon

Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 7 November 1973, lot 249 (as ‘Edge of the City, Melbourne’)
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 18 November 1996, lot 100
Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 21 August 2001, lot 13
Western Mining Corporation, Melbourne
The WMC Collection of Australian Contemporary Art, Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 15 March 2004, lot 100
John Barnes, Melbourne
The Estate of John Barnes, Melbourne