Lot 91
  • 91

Joy Hester

Estimate
7,500 - 9,500 AUD
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Description

  • Joy Hester
  • AT THE BAR
  • Bears studio stamp lower right
  • Watercolour on paper
  • 39.7 by 49.5cm
  • Executed circa 1944

Provenance

The Reed Family Collection, Victoria

Exhibited

Joy Hester: Works from the Reed family collection, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 27 April - 22 May 2005, Gould Galleries, Sydney, 1 - 26 June 2005, cat. 39

Condition

This work is framed under glass, in a double stepped gilt frame. The work has been painted on buff coloured paper. There is creasing to the paper and some pin marks on the edges, there is a stain to the paper, in the trouser (right angle stain), there are some feint pencil lines throughout the work. The condition is consistent with age and the material used.
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