LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil and wax on composition board

Measurements:

48.03 in. (122.00 cm.) (height) by 78.58 in. (199.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'J Molvig 59' lower right

Exhibited:

The Helena Rubinstein Travelling Art Scholarship, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, September 1959, no. 44 A Private Collection, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 18 April – 24 May 1992, no. 77

Literature:

Betty Churcher, Molvig: The Lost Antipodean, Allen Lane, Melbourne, 1984, cat. no. 230, pp. 76 (illustrated), 80, 82-83, 137

Provenance:

Major Harold de Vahl Rubin and Mrs Julie Rubin, Queensland The Harold de Vahl Rubin Collection Part II, Christie's Australia, Sydney, 2 October 1973, lot 474, illustrated Mr Raymond Kidd and Mrs Diana Kidd, Sydney, acquired from the above