THE THREE JESTERS, 1951

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Melbourne
9 May 2007
166

Jon Molvig

(1923 - 1970)
THE THREE JESTERS, 1951

oil on composition board

52.0 x 69.0 cm

signed and dated lower right: Molvig 51 dated and inscribed verso: THE THREE JESTERS/ 51

Estimate: 
$8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,600 (inc. BP) in Auction 1 - 9 May 2007, Melbourne
Provenance

Sir Tristan Antico, Sydney
Deutscher~Menzies Melbourne 4 June 2003, Lot 191
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

Argus Gallery, Melbourne 1962, cat.4
Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney 1966, cat.4 (label attached verso)
The Grand Central Gallery, Brisbane, 1966, cat.4
Jon Molvig: A Retrospective Exhibition, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, and touring state galleries, 1978-79, cat.7

Literature

Churcher, B., Molvig: The Lost Antipodean, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 1984, p.33 (illus.)