OLD SYDNEY, 1942

Part 1: Important Fine Art
Melbourne
28 November 2012
44

ELAINE HAXTON

(1909 - 1999)
OLD SYDNEY, 1942

oil on board

50.5 x 71.0 cm

signed lower right: ELAINE HAXTON

Estimate: 
$25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $24,000 (inc. BP) in Auction 27 - 28 November 2012, Melbourne
Provenance

Sotheby's, Melbourne, 17 April 1989, lot 442 (as 'Ship and Mermaid' 1942)
Melbourne Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne (as 'Circular Quay' 1942)
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

Society of Artists Annual Exhibition, Education Department Gallery Loftus Street, Sydney, 2–24 September 1942
Important Australian Women Artists, Melbourne Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne, 10 June – 21 July 1993, (as 'Circular Quay')

Literature

Society of Artists Book 1942, Ure Smith Pty Ltd, Sydney, p. 33 (illus.)
Coombes, P., Elaine Haxton: A biography: Achievements in paint and print, Communication Programs Pty Ltd, Sydney, 1990, pp. 60–61 (illus., as 'Circular Quay' 1942)
Collie, B., and Smith, L., (eds), Important Australian Women Artists, Melbourne Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne, 1993, pp. 8, 74, 75, 108 (illus. p. 74 as 'Circular Quay')