JONAH AND THE WHALE, 1952

Important Fine Art + Indigenous Art
Sydney
18 April 2018
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JOHN PERCEVAL

(1923 – 2000)
JONAH AND THE WHALE, 1952

forty hand painted and glazed ceramic tiles inset into wooden table top

51.0 x 82.0 cm

signed and dated lower right: John Perceval / 1952
signed, dated and inscribed with title on old label verso: Jonah & / The Whale / Perceval ‘52

Estimate: 
$18,000 – 24,000
Sold for $18,300 (inc. BP) in Auction 53 - 18 April 2018, Sydney
Provenance

Private collection
Christie’s, Melbourne, 28 April 1976, lot 532
Private collection, Melbourne
Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

Modern Australian Paintings 1989, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 20 June – 7 July 1989, cat. 18 (illus.)