Ogilvie, Helen (1902, Corrowa, Australia - 1993, Melbourn, Australia)

Houses waiting for demolition Australia, 1963

oil on gesso ground, hard-board base, signed H Ogilvie and dated ‘63,

Recto of frame with various labels including small one in red with red ink inscription - artist Helen Ogilvie / Title - Houses waiting for demolition; a further label for the Commonwealth Festival exhibition, Nottingham 1966, repeating the title, and naming the owners as the Leicester Galleries and with the catalogue number 20, with a furher Ernest Brown and Phillips Ltd, The Leicester Galleries label

245 by 195mm (9¾ by 7¾ inches).

Exhibited: probably exhibited at Helen Ogilvies first British show ‘Australian Country Dwellings’ at The Leicester Galleries, exhibition No. 1253, Feb 1963 mounted on velvet in a box frame, presumably made for the exhibition

Provenance: acquired from The Leicester Galleries along with the other three in 1967 and thence by descent

SOLD

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