THE ROSE, 1927

Part 1: Important Fine Art
Melbourne
28 November 2012
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THEA PROCTOR

(1879 - 1966)
THE ROSE, 1927

hand-coloured woodcut

22.5 x 21.0 cm

edition: No. 5 of unknown edition

signed with monogram in image upper right: TP
signed, titled and numbered below image

Estimate: 
$5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $22,800 (inc. BP) in Auction 27 - 28 November 2012, Melbourne
Provenance

Thirty Victoria Street, Sydney
Dr Bob Diamond, Sydney
Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, cat. 6 (label attached verso)
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

The New Gallery, Melbourne, October 1927, cat. 58 (another example)
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, November 1938, cat. 34 (another example)

Literature

Art in Australia, December 1928, p. 29 (illus.)
Thea Proctor, The Prints, Resolution Press, Sydney, 1980, no. 19, pp. 60-61 (illus.)

Related works

Other examples of this woodcut are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (No. 4), the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (No. 8), the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (A/P), the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide (number unknown), and the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (No. 9)