

William Dobell(1899-1970)Old Joe (Julian Ashton School Portrait), c.1926
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William Dobell (1899-1970)
signed lower right: 'W. Dobell'
oil on canvas on board
58.0 x 45.0cm (22 13/16 x 17 11/16in).
Footnotes
PROVENANCE
Collection of the artist
Private collection
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 31 July 1985, lot 19
Private collection
Christie's, Melbourne, 25 November 2002, lot 81
Private Collection, Sydney
EXHIBITED
William Dobell Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney July 15 to August 30 1964, cat. 1
LITERATURE
Elizabeth Donaldson, William Dobell: An Artists life, Exisle Publishing, New South Wales, 2010, pp. 24 (illus.), 126 (illus. in situ)
Elizabeth Donaldson and Robert Donaldson, William Dobell: His Life, Art and Home, Elizabeth and Robert Donaldson, New South Wales, 2011, pp. 11 (illus.), 74 (illus. in situ)