The Three Graces

Details

CONSTANCE STOKES (1906-1991)
The Three Graces
signed 'Constance Stokes' (lower right)
oil on board
70.2 x 55.9 cm
Painted circa 1951

Exhibited

(Possibly) Mornington, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Constance Stokes, Paintings and Drawings, 9 August - 16 September 1974, cat. no. 10

Special notice

A 10% Goods and Services tax (G.S.T) will be charged on the Buyer's Premium in all lots in this sale

Lot Essay

This work bears a marked similarity to Stoke's painting The Baptism circa 1950, which is in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria. Both paintings have figurative groupings of three semi-nudes and share a dramatic palette. The rock formations that appear in the background of both works are based on a sketch that Stokes completed during a family excursion to the You Yang ranges in Victoria.

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