Helen Priscilla Crabb New Zealand, 1891-1972
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About Helen Priscilla Crabb
Born in 1891 and raised in the Manawatu, Helen Crabbe studied at Sydney Art School and the Royal College of Art, London. Working in watercolour, pen and ink she produced figure studies of people performing every day tasks, signing her works 'Barc'. From the mid-1940s she ran classes in Wellington.
The earliest auction listing we have for Helen Crabb is in 1993 and in total 48 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 42 (88%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $5,376 for Seated Figures sold by Dunbar Sloane in March 2006. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Helen Crabb are held by the Museum Of New Zealand.
Helen Priscilla Crabb is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 54
- The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources.
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