Aubery Gibson Collection, Melbourne; Private collection, Sydney; Sotheby’s Australia, Fine Australian and International Paintings, Sydney, 26 August 2003, Lot 245; Private collection, Sydney

This fine James Gleeson dates from the early 1950s, a period when the artist was at the height of his surrealist skills. Blue Mosaic was originally in a famous private Melbourne collection prior to it’s auction several decades ago by Sotheby’s.