Noel Jack Counihan

032 NOEL COUNIHAN A Bar in Fitzroy, 1962-63 (1913 – 1986) oil on composition board 61.0 x 92.0 cm signed and dated lower left: Counihan '63 artist's label with title and exhibition history attached verso ESTIMATE: $22,000 – 28,000 PROVENANCE Macquarie Galleries, Sydney Private collection Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 4 April 2000, lot 178 Company collection, Sydney EXHIBITED Noel Counihan , Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide, 3 – 14 September 1962, cat. 2 as ‘A Fitzroy Pub’’ Spring Exhibition , Victorian Artists’’ Society, Melbourne, 9 – 21 September 1963, cat. 37 as ‘A Bar in Fitzroy’’ Noel Counihan, Paintings and Drawings, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 16–28 October 1963, cat. 12, as ‘A Bar in Fitzroy’’

028 NOEL COUNIHAN A Soldier On Leave, 1943–44 (Unemployed Marches Verso) (1913 – 1986) oil on composition board 53.5 x 45.0 cm signed lower left: Counihan ESTIMATE: $28,000 – 35,000 (+ GST) PROVENANCE David Levine Collection, Melbourne Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne The Hicks Family Collection, Melbourne EXHIBITED Spring Exhibition 1978 , Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 25 September – 9 October 1978, cat. 118 Realities Gallery, April 1979 Angry Penguins and Realist Painting in Melbourne in the 1940s, Hayward Gallery, London, 1988; Tate Gallery, Liverpool, 4 October – 27 November 1988, cat. 164 Angry Penguins Australian Tour, 1989, Australian National Gallery, Australian Exhibitions Touring Agency, cat. 104 The Changing Face of Melbourne 1841 – 1993 , Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 1993, cat. 67 LITERATURE Angry Penguins and Realist Painting in Melbourne in the 1940s , Hayward Gallery, London, 1988, p. 155 (illus.) Eagle, M., & others, A Treasury of Australian Art: from the David Levine collection , Rigby Publishers Limited, Adelaide, 1981, pp. 38 & 40 (illus.)

124 NOEL COUNIHAN Aboriginal Mother And Child, 1962 (1913 - 1986) oil on composition board 87.5 x 71.0 cm signed and dated lower right: Counihan '62 inscribed with title on label attached verso: "ABORIGINAL MOTHER & CHILD" ESTIMATE: $15,000 - 20,000 PROVENANCE Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide Private collection, Adelaide

063 NOEL COUNIHAN Aboriginal Mother and Child, 1962 (1913 - 1986) oil on composition board 87.5 x 71.0 cm signed and dated lower right: Counihan '62 inscribed with title verso: "ABORIGINAL MOTHER & CHILD" (label attached verso) ESTIMATE: $20,000 - $25,000 PROVENANCE Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide Private collection, Adelaide LITERATURE McKenzie, J., Noel Counihan, Kangaroo Press, New South Wales, 1986, illus. front cover and p.33 RELATED WORKS Mother and Child 1960, illus. Dimmack, M., Noel Counihan, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1974, 89a

NOEL JACK COUNIHAN (1913-1986) Miners Preparing a Shot signed and dated 'Counihan 78' (lower right); signed, dated and titled 'Miners Preparing a Shot/Counihan 78' oil on canvas 75.4 x 90.5 cm 1 Special Notice A 10% Goods and Services tax (G.S.T) will be charged on the Buyer's Premium on all lots in this sale.