Lot 2
(Port Phillip, Melbourne) c.1908
oil on panel
signed lower right: E. Phillips Fox
inscribed verso: Phillips Fox/ 21/10/97/ Port Phillip/ BEQUEST/ TO/ NORMA HUNT./ 1982. (concealed)
artist's name and title on gallery label affixed verso
25 x 33cm
Estimate $30,000 - $40,000
The Collection of Ralph Smith, Sydney
Thence by descent
Gowrie Galleries, Sydney (label verso)
Private collection, Sydney
Christies, Sydney, 14 August 1994, lot 54
Private collection, Sydney
Christies, Melbourne, 27 November 2000, lot 103
Private collection, Western Australia
Zubans, R., E. Phillips Fox, His Life and Art, Miegunyah Press, Melbourne University, Melbourne, 1995, pp. 134 (illus.), 224, cat. no. 298, pl. C42
A Private Collection of Important Australian Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8793
6:00pm - 25 August 2025
Hawthorn
VIEWING
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CONTACT
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