Lot 246
'Lotophagi'
Red chalk and dark blue crayon over traces of pencil
Signed lower left: M. Napier / Waller
34.5 x 55cm
Estimate $2,000 - $2,600
Sotheby's, Fine Australian and International Paintings, Melbourne, 30 April 2002, lot 151 (illustrated)
Gould Galleries, Melbourne, purchased from the above, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in September, 2002
Australian Art Association, September 1921 Exhibition, Melbourne, cat. no. 43
The Terence Lane Collection, Part I
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8814
11:00am - 3 May 2026
Hawthorn
VIEWING
Viewing in Carlton by appointment only. Lots 241 - 277 viewing in Hawthorn by appointment only. Bookings via decorativearts@leonardjoel.com.au
CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
decorativearts@leonardjoel.com.au
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