Faces (from The lovers series)
c.1948
ink and pastel on paper
47.5 x 34.5 cm sheet
72.4 x 59.0 cm
inscribed with stamped estate signature l.l.: ‘Joy Hester’
inscribed verso on label l.r.: HESTER/ from “The Lovers” Series/ Exhibition – A View’
Accession No. 2000.03
© Joy Hester/Licensed by VISCOPY 2010
Provenance:
Private collection, Brisbane, until; purchased 1 May 2000 by Cbus from Australian and International Paintings, including Contemporary Australian Art, Christie’s, Melbourne, lot 165.
Literature:
Deborah Hart, Joy Hester and friends, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2001.