Lot 51
Pixies Play in the Moonlight
watercolour and gouache on paper
signed lower left: MABEL/ LUCIE/ ATTWELL
33.5 x 23cm
Estimate $600 - $800
Lawsons, Sydney, 30 July 2020, lot 600
Private collection, Sydney
The nostalgic imagery of British illustrator and author, Mabel Lucie Attwell, is instantly recognisable to many English households in the twentieth century. Studying at the Saint Martin's School of Art, Mabel rejected the traditional methods of artistry being taught in favour of fantasy and imagination. Featured in fairytale storybooks and magazines, Attwell's infamous cherubic figures were based on her own daughter.
Millie Lewis
Art Assistant
Women Artists
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8752
6:00pm - 23 September 2024
Hawthorn
VIEWING
Fri 20 - Sun 22 Sep, 10am - 4pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn VIC
CONTACT
Hannah Ryan
hannah.ryan@leonardjoel.com.au
SIMILAR ITEMS
Lot 38
YVONNE AUDETTE (born 1930) Into the Eternal Void 1965 oil on plywood 92 x 80cm
Estimate: $40,000-50,000
Lot 11
CLARICE BECKETT (1887-1935) Soft Evening Study for Princes Bridge c.1930 (verso) oil on board, double-sided 20.5 x 20.5cm
Estimate: $20,000-30,000
Lot 6
JANET AGNES CUMBRAE-STEWART (1883-1960) Gathering Wildflowers c.1911 oil on canvas 37.5 x 55cm
Estimate: $12,000-18,000
Lot 16
VIDA LAHEY (1882-1968) Vegetable Still Life c.1907 oil on canvas 55 x 90.5cm
Estimate: $10,000-15,000