Lot 90

Some discolouration of the paper and foxing evident. Heavy surface dirt and spotting evident on the mountboard and beneath glass. This work has not been inspected outside of its frame.


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Private collection, Melbourne

Born Rhona Olive Harris, she migrated to Australia in 1920 from England and took on the nickname "Pixie". She began working as a commercial artist and it was during these early years that a printer's error -the addition of an apostrophe to her middle initial- suggested the surname 'O'Harris,' which she soon adopted as a nom de plume.
The technical control in O'Harris's pen and ink work, particularly in easily overlooked vignettes, marks her as a worthy successor in Australia to Ruby Lindsay.