Lot 5

The paint is stable and canvas appears to have been re-stretched and now housed in a modern frame. Under UV light previous restoration work is visible.
Overall framed size is 110 x 83.5cm. (LEONARD JOEL CONTACTLESS DELIVERY $110 within 20km of Melbourne premises)


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The Artist
Jim Alexander Gallery, Melbourne 1982
Private collection, Melbourne

Sybil Craig, Jim Alexander Gallery, Melbourne, 18 April - 8 May 1982, cat. no. 4 (exhibition catalogue provided)

"Miss Delamere was of Irish extraction and was very lonely out here. She was Mr. [Bernard] Hall's model and we were lucky to get her. She had rich red hair, lovely skin and large blue eyes. I loved the quality of her skin and her charming profile" (Sybil Craig, exhibition catalogue)