Lot 74
A plaster medallion titled with a profile of a young woman with wheat sprays in her hair, personifying Summer, signed 'L.J. Harvey 10' and incised LJH to reverse, in a blackwood shelf frame carved with art nouveau leaves in low relief.
Diameter of medallion 20.5cm; the frame 37 x 31cm
Estimate $4,000 - $6,000
The Ruth Simon Collection
privately acquired from the above in 2005
The Twenty Second Annual Exhibition of the Queensland Art Society held from 3rd August 1910 in the Old Lands Office, lists in the Woodcarving section, item 172 "Summer (Panel)" by L. J. Harvey.
The Private Collection of Trevor Kennedy AM
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8382
10:00am - 1 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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