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Lot 20

A POKERWORK BOX BY ALICE MARY PARSONS
The hinged top centred with a roundel of a stylised grove of trees with a landscape beyond; signed to the base.
First quarter 20th century.
Height 5.5cm; Width 20.5cm; Depth 18cm

Estimate $200 - $400

Sold for $250


The Ruth Simon Collection
privately acquired from the above in 2005


Alice Mary Parsons was a member of and regular exhibitor at the Arts and Crafts Society from the 1910s to the 1930s. She studied at the Julian Ashton Art School and belonged to the Society of Women Painters. Parsons is known for her pokerwork and painting on wood and fabric. Her pokerwork is represented in the Art Gallery of NSW.

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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