Lot 18

Jim Alexander Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 21 September 2005, lot 380
Private collection, Queensland

Sybil Craig, Oil Paintings, Pastels, Watercolours and Drawings, Jim Alexander Gallery, Melbourne, 18 April - 8 May 1982, cat. no. 11

"These mauve single dahlias grew in the back garden. The vase was a present from out Chinese 'Fruit John' Wee Gay, around 1917. The fruit John and the fish John were chinamen who sold these goods from their carts. I painted this at night which accounts for the strong shadows, but I had to integrate the shadows with the dark vase in order to balance the light flowers and background." (The Artist)