The Connoisseur's Spring Collection, Including the Private Collection of Colin Lennox and Tom Gillies, John Stephens and The Late John Klinger

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Lot 523
  • 523

OLA COHN (AUSTRALIAN 1892 - 1964) BRONZE 'MOTHER AND CHILDREN'

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 AUD
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Description

  • OLA COHN (AUSTRALIAN 1892 - 1964) BRONZE 'MOTHER AND CHILDREN'
  • 56.5cm high
the mother with a small child perched on her shoulder and a young girl nestling behind her, standing on a black veined marble base



signed and dated 1929

Provenance

George's Gallery, Melbourne

Catalogue Note

Ola Cohn played an important role in the artistic life of Melbourne in the early twentieth century. After studying sculpture at the  Bendigo School of Mines and Swinburne Technical College she took up a scholarship at the Royal College of the Arts where she studied for three years under Henry Moore. She returned to Melbourne in 1931, achieved considerable success and Ola established a home and meeting place for artists which she left in her will to the Council of Adult Education and continues today to encourage artists and is used for a wide range of visual art courses.