signed lower left: ‘W Dobell’; inscribed on the reverse ‘Dobell/ The Boy George’
Provenance
The Estate of Pro Hart, Broken Hill, NSW
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, April 2008, lot 30
Private collection, Western Australia
Awards
In 1943, Archibald Prize for Mr Joshua Smith, a portrait of the
artist Joshua Smith (unsuccessfully challenged in court as being
caricature rather than portraiture)
In 1948, Archibald Prize for a portrait of Margaret Olley
In 1948, the Wynne Prize for Storm Approaching Wangi
In 1959, Archibald Prize for a portrait of Dr E. G. MacMahon
The Boy George, c. 1928
$120,000
In stock
signed lower left: ‘W Dobell’; inscribed on the reverse ‘Dobell/ The Boy George’
Provenance
The Estate of Pro Hart, Broken Hill, NSW
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, April 2008, lot 30
Private collection, Western Australia
Awards
In 1943, Archibald Prize for Mr Joshua Smith, a portrait of the
artist Joshua Smith (unsuccessfully challenged in court as being
caricature rather than portraiture)
In 1948, Archibald Prize for a portrait of Margaret Olley
In 1948, the Wynne Prize for Storm Approaching Wangi
In 1959, Archibald Prize for a portrait of Dr E. G. MacMahon
