GERTRUDE STREET, 1948

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Melbourne
16 August 2023
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LINA BRYANS

(German/Australian, 1909 - 2000)
GERTRUDE STREET, 1948

oil on plywood

55.5 x 64.5 cm

signed and dated lower left: Lina 48
signed, dated and inscribed verso: 1948 ‘COLLINGWOOD’ / Lina Bryans

Estimate: 
$15,000 – $20,000
Sold for $18,409 (inc. BP) in Auction 75 - 16 August 2023, Melbourne
Provenance

Private collection, Melbourne, acquired directly from the artist, late 1970s
Private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 6 May 2015, lot 59
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

Paintings by Lina Bryans, Georges Gallery, Melbourne, 21 – 30 September 1948, cat. 9
Lina Bryans: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 21 September 1982 – 31 March 1983, and touring Banyule Gallery, Melbourne, Ballarat Art Gallery, Victoria and Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria, cat. 28

Literature

Bell, G., The Sun, Sydney, 21 September 1948
Foorwood, G., Lina Bryans: Rare Modern 1909 - 2000, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2003, p. 111