Margaret Preston’s vibrant still life woodcuts are celebrations of native flora and manifestations of her desire to establish a distinctly modern Australian style of art. Brachychiton is a hand coloured woodcut print created in the early 1930s, the time during which this pioneering, young Australian female artist rose to prominence. Preston’s elegant composition has been printed in black ink usi…

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Private collection, New South Wales; Private collection, New South Wales, acquired from the above c.1970; Deutscher and Hackett, Important Australian and International Fine Art, Melbourne, 3 May 2023, Lot 46; Private collection, Sydney

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