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Eileen Mayo (1906-1994). AUSTRALIA / KOALA. Circa 1957. 39x25 inches, 100x63 cm. McLarens, Melbourne.

Sold for $1,920 at Swann Auction Galleries on Nov 11, 2011.

Eileen Mayo (1906-1994). AUSTRALIA / KOALA. Circa 1957. 39x25 inches, 100x63 cm. McLarens, Melbourne. auction lot image

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EILEEN MAYO (1906-1994) AUSTRALIA / KOALA. Circa 1957. 39 1/2x25 inches, 100x63 1/2 cm. McLarens, Melbourne. Condition A-: minor restoration at edges. Dame Eileen Mayo was born in Britain and studied under both Henry Moore at the Chelsea Polytechnic and Fernand Léger at the Académie Montmartre. Throughout her life in England, Australia and New Zealand, she was a painter, illustrator and printmaker, designing magazines, tapestries, stamps and posters. She moved to Australia in 1953 and designed a series of posters highlighting some of the continent's exotic wildlife.

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