Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 1 : Presscuttings, 1959-1962

DOBELL SKETCH "The Wongi Boy," which hos been purchased by the Queensland Art Gallery Trustees for 850 guineas, being examined by the gallery director Mr. L. Thomas i yes- terday. This valuable acquisition was made from the recent Schureck auction in Sydney, where Dobell works realised as much as £4000 apiece. Other recent acquisitions of the gallery include very early Australian watercolour pictures by Louis Buvelat, two Norman Lindsay works. and a Charles :cinder chalk drawing, rt under hammer nt'LENSI.AND .%rt Itilllitry is tort being prepared for the 11PC4' role" it %till lor one day on Saturday, May I'S-a big art- ! I.Oir :1 if ei-:-1110111 of artists retiree work will go At au iir711111;11 , sale - COMIC -AO the Or of any inning at 9.30 nun, !I.,0 'people sitar hate been kind ay the gallery %%III 01 the works to be enough in donate the n biddeis "1,6 thoilzh nor works iii thr fir,t !:, the s' air '''F it riallrit' hr c'I'd1Piet' burt.rt 't ill be no," to be e,ite some pieture of interest t win collection Aiaither vatercolnur mouth-. oupoi,,,,,,additions OrC.',01,40.1O11, at, his rarely presented to the ,1,11..t les. if they ar gallery for s,ilo, will el,. he I -aid N'estiir_iti,rii'al fd, a few able fe hrrlrri idri, all, 'rite nubile will be able to fill'iceri atilt et eta trill bv iticierl for sale, w.11 these pictures Ile he willing! It st rye. ne l'WerillesdaY vll prrnn- (h.elsti'llbeCif"ut t he Callerseft ort It being' rite gallery svill be closed ees. and iti new director marle it) ahIrl honing the this week -end for prepara- mr. Laurie "fhomasi, thelnie- of an, heat flint pur ses