MARSHMALLOWS, 1961

Two Important Private Collections: Modern / Traditional
Melbourne
8 December 2021
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IVOR HELE

(1912 - 1993)
MARSHMALLOWS, 1961

oil on composition board

61.0 x 91.0 cm

signed and dated lower left: Ivor Hele / 61
inscribed with title and date verso: MARSHMALLOWS / 61

Estimate: 
$10,000 – $15,000
Sold for $42,955 (inc. BP) in Auction 66 - 8 December 2021, Melbourne
Provenance

Private collection, Adelaide, acquired after 1966
Thence by descent
Private collection, Adelaide

Exhibited

Ivor Hele, 6th Adelaide Festival of Arts, John Martin’s Audiotorium, Adelaide, 5 – 26 March 1970, cat. 36

Literature

Hele, I. and Ashton, W., The Art of Ivor Hele, The Griffin Press, Rigby Limited, Adelaide, 1966, pl. 20 (illus.)

Catalogue text

The subject depicts Christopher Legoe QC AO cutting “marshmallows” on his property at Aldinga, South Australia property in 1961.