THE BACKYARD OPALESCENT SHED, 1949

100 Highlights from the Cbus Collection of Australian Art
Melbourne
27 July 2022
85

MURRAY GRIFFIN

(1903 - 1992)
THE BACKYARD OPALESCENT SHED, 1949

oil on composition board 

36.0 x 41.0 cm

signed and dated lower centre: MURRAY / GRIFFIN / 49
bears inscription on frame verso: Murray Griffin / Opalescent Shed

Estimate: 
$5,000 – $8,000
Sold for $14,727 (inc. BP) in Auction 70 - 27 July 2022, Melbourne
Provenance

Private collection
Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 31 July 1990, lot 200
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne
The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above 2 August 1990

Exhibited

on long term loan to Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria

Literature

Nainby, B., Stanhope, Z., and Furlonger, K., The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, in association with Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2009, pp. 17, 76 (illus.), 220