LOT DETAILS
Materials:
oil on canvas
Measurements:
37.64 in. (95.60 cm.) (height) by 25.51 in. (64.80 cm.) (width)
Markings:
signed 'A M.E BALE', l.r.
Exhibited:
A.M.E. Bale and Rose A. Walker, The Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, November 1935, 40 gns; Australian Women Artists: Paintings, Watercolors and Prints, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, September 1986; Completing the Picture: Women Artists and the Heidelberg Era, Heide Park and the Art Gallery, Melbourne, 3 March - 26 April 1992, no. 10, 'Interior (Morning Papers)'
Literature:
Victoria Hammond and Juliet Peers, Completing the Picture: Women Artists and the Heidelberg Era, Artmoves, Melbourne, 1992, pp. 35 (illustrated), 36, 80
Provenance:
The Estate of A. M. E. Bale, Melbourne; Australian Paintings, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 5 November 1981, lot 957, 'In the Doorway'; Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne; Private Collection, Sydney