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A carved Australian blackwood panel of two kookaburras by…
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Melbourne
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5-Dec-2022
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A carved Australian blackwood panel of two kookaburras by Robert Prenzel, signed and dated 1922, the rectangular panel carved in deep relief with two kookaburras perched on a eucalyptus branch with nuts to its end, the panel ground with a fine cross-hatched texture and stained brown-black, with its original rustic banksia wood frame applied to the edges of the panel, incised signature and date 'R. Prenzel. 1922' lower right, the reverse of the panel stamped 'Robt Prenzel, Toorak Road, south Yarra European Labour Only.', 54 x 70 cm. Provenance: acquired directly from Robert Prenzel in the 1920s by Gordon Gidney, Melbourne, thence by descent to the late John Gidney Pennell
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Sculpture/Statuary: Zother incl. carved Western ivory