MADONNA AND CHILD AGAINST LANDSCAPE, 1974

Important Australian and International Fine Art
Sydney
10 May 2017
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JUSTIN O’BRIEN

(1917 – 1996)
MADONNA AND CHILD AGAINST LANDSCAPE, 1974

sepia ink and pencil on paper

49.5 x 68.5 cm

signed and dated upper right: O’Brien ’74

Estimate: 
$3,000 – 5,000
Sold for $13,420 (inc. BP) in Auction 49 - 10 May 2017, Sydney
Provenance

South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne (label attached verso)
Private collection, Melbourne
Thence by descent
Private collection, Italy

Exhibited

Possibly: Recent Works by Justin O’Brien, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne, October – November 1974

Related works

Madonna and Child against landscape, c.1974, oil on canvas, 50.0 x 68.0 cm, Private collection, Melbourne, illus. in Pearce B., and Wilson, N., Justin O'Brien: The Sacred Music of Colour, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2010, p. 132