Jacob and the Angel 1958
Oil on composition board
61 x 91 cm
Signed; also inscribed on label on reverse (3) Roy de Maistre, 13 Eccleston St. S.W.1, oil on board “Jacob & the Angel”, Agent, Chelsea Art Stores, Kings Road S.W.3
Provenance: Edward & John Ness Barkes; Bridget McDonnell
Exhibited: Modern Australian Paintings, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, June 1986, No. 6; Royal Academy, London, 1960, No. 469 Images of Spirituality in Australian Art Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, 1988, No. 7
Roy de Maistre, A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings 1917-1960, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1960, No. 120; Royal Academy, London, 1960, No. 469 a larger version
Literature: Images of Religion in Australian Art, Rosemary Crumlin, Bay Books, Sydney,1988, page 24, illustrated page 25; Bible Review published by the Biblical Archaeology Society, USA, June 1993, illustrated page 26
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