HEAD, c.1934

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Sydney
22 November 2023
10

IAN FAIRWEATHER

(1891 - 1974)
HEAD, c.1934

oil and pencil on cardboard

45.5 x 37.5 cm

bears inscription verso: Noa's Woman

Estimate: 
AU$60,000 – $80,000
Sold for $73,636 (inc. BP) in Auction 76 - 22 November 2023, Sydney
Provenance

Redfern Gallery, London (label attached verso, as 'Head, c.1936')
The Skinner Collection, Perth, acquired from the above in 19 December 1953
Thence by descent 
Private collection, Perth 

Exhibited

Recent Paintings by Ian Fairweather, Redfern Gallery, London, 7 – 30 January 1937, cat. 11
Ian Fairweather: Paintings of China and the Philippines, Redfern Gallery, London, 15 October - 7 November 1942, cat. 46 (as 'Head of a Woman')
Summer Exhibition, Redfern Gallery, London, 1945, cat. 130 (as 'Balinese Dancer')
Collectors' Pride, The Western Australian Art Gallery, Perth, 3 - 26 June 1977, cat. 64 (label attached verso, as 'Noa's Woman')
ORIENTing: Ian Fairweather in Western Australian Collections, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth, 4 May - 13 July 2013

Literature

Hutchings, P., 'The Art Collectors 13: The Rose Skinner Collection', Art and Australia, vol. 12, no. 2, October - December 1974, pp. 142, 144 (illus., as 'Torso of a Girl')
Bail, M., Fairweather, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2009, cat. 24, pl. 18, pp. 35, 37 (illus.), 51, 237, 246
Snell, T. et al., ORIENTing: Ian Fairweather in Western Australian Collections, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth, 2013, fig. 4, pp. 62 (illus.), 100