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Lot 151

Mary Edwell-Burke
(1894-1988)
Cecil of Mt Wilson, 1931

2 December 2025, 19:30 AEDT
Sydney

AU$4,500 - AU$6,500

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Mary Edwell-Burke (1894-1988)

Cecil of Mt Wilson, 1931
signed and titled verso: 'Cecil of Mt Wilson'
oil on canvas
76.0 x 53.0cm (29 15/16 x 20 7/8in).

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PROVENANCE
Private collection, New South Wales
thence by decent
Private collection, New South Wales

EXHIBITED
Finalist, The Archibald Prize, 1931, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Annual Exhibition, Royal Art Society, Sydney, August 1933
Mary Edwards, Assembly Hall, Melbourne, 22 October 1936, cat. 6

LITERATURE
'Royal Art Society: Annual Exhibition', Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 5 August 1933, p. 17
'Fijian Studies: Paintings by Miss Edwards', The Age, Melbourne, 22 October 1936, p. 6
'From Here and There: Sydney Artist's Show', The Argus, Melbourne, 23 October 1936, p. 20
'Tropical Color in Pictures by Sydney Woman Painter', The Herald, Melbourne, 21 October 1936, p. 10

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