Lot 13
  • 13

Robert Dickerson

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 AUD
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Description

  • Robert Dickerson
  • BOY IN STREET
  • Signed DICKERSON (upper right)
  • Enamel paint on composition board

  • 122 by 91.5cm

Provenance

Mr Peter Burns, Melbourne
Traditional and Modern Australian Paintings, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 27 August 1965, lot 50
Private collection, Melbourne
Gould Galleries, Melbourne
Private collection, Sydney; purchased from the above in 2001

Exhibited

Annual Exhibition, Contemporary Art Society of Australia, Melbourne, 10 - 21 May 1955, no. 146, 30 gns
Modern Australian Art: A Collectors' Exhibition, Gould Galleries, Sydney, 15 February - 18 March 2001, cat. 1 (illus.)

Literature

John Reed, A Statement on Bob Dickerson: Painter, Ern Malley's Journal, Melbourne, November 1955, n.p (illus.)

Condition

The overall surface of this work is rough in places, however, this texture is instrinsic to the work. There are several minor spots of retouching along the right hand edge - possibly by the hand of the artist, this is confirmed by UV inspection.
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