Nov 10, 2008 - Sale 2161

Sale 2161 - Lot 3

Price Realized: $ 2,640
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
EILEEN MAYO (1906-1994) AUSTRALIA. 1957.
40x25 1/4 inches, 101 1/2x61 1/2 cm. McLaren & Co., Melbourne.
Condition A.
British-born Mayo was a painter, illustrator and printmaker. She moved to Australia in 1953, and designed a series of posters highlighting some of the continent's exotic wildlife including koalas and the Great Barrier Reef. Here, A kangaroo is depicted with a joey (the term for a baby kangaroo). Trading Places p. 16, Lebovic 8.