Lot 12
Margaret Olley(1923-2011)Model Resting, 1999
26 June 2019, 18:00 AEST
Sydney, WoollahraAU$12,000 - AU$18,000
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Margaret Olley (1923-2011)
Model Resting, 1999
signed lower right: 'Olley'
titled verso: 'MODEL RESTING'
oil on board
46.0 x 61.0cm (18 1/8 x 24in).
signed lower right: 'Olley'
titled verso: 'MODEL RESTING'
oil on board
46.0 x 61.0cm (18 1/8 x 24in).
Footnotes
PROVENANCE
Philip Bacon Galleries, Sydney (in conjunction with Brian Moore Fine Art)
Gallery 460, Gosford
Private collection, Sydney
EXHIBITED
Margaret Olley, Philip Bacon Galleries in conjunction with Brian Moore Fine Art, Sydney, 18 October - 4 November 2000, cat. 27
Margaret Olley, a friend to many, was highly regarded as a mentor to, and great supporter of, younger artists. Cressida Campbell and Ben Quilty both blossomed under her watchful eye. Also in her circle was Robert Barnes, a Brisbane-born artist known for his use of thick impasted oil paint. In 1999, Olley organised a painting day with a life model for herself and Barnes, with Barnes shown here in the foreground. Barnes' resulting work Macbeth's Visitor, 1999, was gifted by Olley to the Art Gallery of New South Wales where it remains in the permanent collection. The work was selected by Olley for inclusion in the 2002 exhibition Favourites: Margaret Olley and Jeffrey Smart, which was held at the S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
We gratefully acknowledge the kind assistance of The Olley Project (courtesy of the Margaret Olley Art Trust and Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane) in cataloguing this work.
