THE CREATION, 1961

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Melbourne
20 April 2011
63

LEONARD FRENCH

born 1928
THE CREATION, 1961

oil and enamel on hessian on composition board

197.0 cm diameter

signed and dated lower centre: French 61

Estimate: 
$30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $45,600 (inc. BP) in Auction 19 - 20 April 2011, Melbourne
Provenance

Mr and Mrs Douglas Carnegie, New South Wales
Allen D. Christensen Collection, United States of America
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 10 November 1997, lot 36
Eva Breuer Collection, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited

Leonard French, Farmers Blaxland Gallery, Sydney and The Argus Gallery, Melbourne, October – November 1961, cat. 21
Paintings from the Collection of Mr and Mrs Douglas Carnegie, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 27 October – 30 November 1966, cat. 32
Paintings from the Collection of Allen D. Christensen, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 7 – 22 December 1976, cat. 14