Margery Pitt Withers Britain, Australia, 1874-1966
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About Margery Withers
Born in England in 1894, Withers was the daughter of artist Walter Withers (1854 - 1914). She studied at the Working Men's College in 1913 and the National Gallery School, Melbourne. A landscape artist and portraitist painting mainly in oils, she was a member of Twenty Melbourne Painters, founded in 1918. She also taught at secondary level from 1913 to 1922 and at Swinburne Technical College from 1920 to 1928.
The total number of works by Margery Withers offered for sale by auction since 1969 is 67, of which 46 (69%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $5,040 for The Bathing Tent sold by Deutscher and Hackett in April 2011. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2020. Works by Margery Withers are held by the Geelong Gallery.
Margery Withers is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 1032
- Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.
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