NEAR ROKEBY HOUSE

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Sydney
29 August 2018
120

MABEL HOOKEY

(1871 – 1953)
NEAR ROKEBY HOUSE

oil on canvas

30.0 x 54.0 cm

signed on stretcher verso: M Hookey
inscribed on stretcher verso: MABEL HOOKEY / TASMANIA

Estimate: 
$4,000 – 6,000
Sold for $9,760 (inc. BP) in Auction 55 - 29 August 2018, Sydney
Provenance

Private collection, Melbourne

Born in Clarence near Hobart in 1871, Mabel Hookey was the first female journalist in Tasmania, active artist and accomplished photographer. She studied painting with A.H. Fullwood when he visited Tasmania in 1897 and 1899, his strong influence showing in this work.