Lot 957
With a continuous design of art nouveau style trees in brown on a deep orange ground.
Signed to underside and monogrammed, transfer mark of B & Co Limoges.
Height 26cm
Estimate $1,500 - $2,000
The Ruth Simon Collection
privately acquired from the above in 2005
Ada Newman (1869-1949) was a founding member of the Arts and Crafts Society of NSW created in 1906. Her china painting was shown in the 1907 Women's Work Exhibition in Melbourne, as well as with the Arts and Crafts Society of Victoria. By 1914 she had set up a studio on Hunter Street and also taught china painting with her partner Ethel Atkinson.
The Private Collection of Trevor Kennedy AM: Session II
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8382
10:00am - 2 November 2020
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra
VIEWING
Viewing in Sydney:
Wednesday 28 October, by appointment only
Thursday 29 - Saturday 31 October, 10am-4pm
Rawson Hall, 24 - 26 Kent Street, Sydney
CONTACT
Hamish Clark
sydney.manager@leonardjoel.com.au
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