(Portrait) c.1936
oil on canvas on board
signed with monogram lower right
43 x 31.5cm
Estimate $10,000 - $15,000
Gift of the Artist
The Collection of George Weiss
Thence by descent
This portrait was gifted by the artist to George Weiss; thence by descent to his daughter, Margaret Phillips (née Weiss). Painted c.1936 in the artist's studio above a shop owned by the family on the corner of Toorak Road and Darling Street, South Yarra. Believed to be one of two portraits executed at the same sitting, the companion work reportedly depicting a variation in facial expression and thought to have been sold by the artist, possibly to a buyer in Western Australia. The present work has remained in the family's possession since its creation and has never been offered for sale or publicly exhibited.
Fine Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8806
6:00pm - 17 March 2026
Hawthorn
VIEWING
Fri 13 - Sun 15 March, 11am - 5pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn VIC
CONTACT
Wiebke Brix
wiebke.brix@leonardjoel.com.au
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