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Lot 3057 SESSION 11 ( 9.30AM THURSDAY 27 JULY) Documents
Estimate $150
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $220
BROWNIE DOWNING PRINTS, a collection of prints originally drawn in c1950-60s and featuring Aboriginal children and bush animals as well as young ballerinas and some other children's works, all in colour printed on white or other different coloured paper, approximately small writing pad size, many multiples, suitable for framing. Some with foxing, otherwise uncirculated. (70)
Viola Edith Downing, or as she is better known, Brownie Downing, was a prolific artist specialising in the Australian bush and its animals as well as Aboriginal themes. She also was author of children's books, her first work, titled 'Tinka and His Friends', winning the Daily Telgraph's Book of the Year Award.
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