BATHERS, 1946

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

(1917 – 1996)
BATHERS, 1946

oil on canvas on board

104.0 x 40.5 cm

signed lower right: O'Brien
inscribed verso: RRNZ / COL

Estimate: 
$20,000 – 30,000
Provenance

Mrs Margaret Carnegie, Melbourne
Christie's, Melbourne, 14 March 1974, lot 262 (as ‘The Swimmers’)
Private collection, Melbourne
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 26 April 1999, lot 77 (as ‘Boys in Landscape’)
Private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 29 November 2000, lot 71 (as ‘Boys in Landscape’)
Private Collection, Sydney
Lawson~Menzies, Sydney, 20 July 2002, lot 59 (as ‘Boys in Landscape’)
Private collection, Sydney
Leonard Joel, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

Sydney Group: Oils and Watercolours, David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney, 6 – 27 August 1946, cat. 24