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Lot 132

MORTIMER MENPES (1855-1938)
Portrait of Mrs. Brown Potter (Cora Urquhart Brown Potter)
oil on panel
intitialled lower right
10 x 7.5cm

Estimate $4,000 - $6,000

Unsold


The Collection of the noted publisher, John Lane, England
Private collection, New South Wales


Mrs. Brown Potter was an American socialite and stage actress, who came to sit for her portrait at Mortimer Menpes' Cadogan Gardens studio on many occasions. She was such a popular subject for Menpes that when his Beautiful Women exhibition opened in 1899, one critic coined the show ‘The Apotheosis of Mrs Brown Potter'. (Art Gallery of South Australia)

Fine Art

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8672
6:00pm - 21 March 2023
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141

VIEWING
Friday 17 - Sunday 19 March, 10am - 4pm
Monday 20 - Tuesday 21 March, by appointment
333 Malvern Road, South Yarra VIC

CONTACT
Olivia Fuller
olivia.fuller@leonardjoel.com.au


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