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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

DEL KATHRYN BARTON
born 1972

from her nest in the holm-oak tree the nightingale heard him 2011

$280,000–380,000

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© Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

DEL KATHRYN BARTON

born 1972
from her nest in the holm-oak tree the nightingale heard him 2011

synthetic polymer paint, gouache, watercolour and ink on canvas
signed and dated 'del kathryn barton 2011' lower left
173 × 153 cm

  • Lot Sold $280,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $343,636 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Del Kathryn Barton, Sydney
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (label verso)
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
Modern & Contemporary Art, Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 13 June 2018, lot 29, illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Del Kathryn Barton, satellite fade-out, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 14 July - 6 August 2011, no. 3
Del Kathryn Barton: The Nightingale and The Rose, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 10 November - 9 December 2012; Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 15 December 2012 - 17 February 2013

Literature

Oscar Wilde and Del Kathryn Barton, Del Kathryn Barton: The Nightingale and The Rose, Art and Australia, Sydney, 2012, pp. 2 (illustrated), 5 (illustrated), 54 (illustrated)
Julie Ewington, Del Kathryn Barton, Piper Press, Sydney, 2014, pp. 70 (illustrated), 71

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