Lot 20

Private collection, Melbourne
Thence by descent

Margaret Preston: The Art of Constant Rearrangement, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 December 1985 - 9 February 1986 (another example)
Destination Sydney, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 11 December 2015 - 21 February 2016 (another example)

Butel, E., Margaret Preston: The Art of Constant Rearrangement, Penguin Books, Melbourne, in association with the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1986, cat. no. 15, p. 87 (illus., another example)
Butler, R., The Prints of Margaret Preston: A Catalogue Raisonné, Australian National Gallery, Melbourne Oxford University Press, 1987, cat. no. 61, p. 93 (illus., another example)
Butler, R, The Prints of Margaret Preston: A Catalogue Raisonné, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2005, cat. no. 61, p. 105 (illus., another example)

Mosman is the specific subject of a number of Margaret Preston's important prints from the 1920s, and is also the backdrop of other woodcuts of Australian flora and fauna, interiors and harbour views. 'Wooden Bridge, Mosman' is built up of a mosaic clear, bright colour with a daring use of negative space. The delicate black outline of the bridges barriers and the undulating curvature of the foliage overflowing, shows Preston's unerring sense of space at its best.

Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney; and National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

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