Sep 9, 2026 – 6.24pmLeonard Joel’s 10th annual Women Artists auction takes place on Monday night in Melbourne, with celebrated names placed alongside unknowns whose apparently grim biographies could rival Miss Havisham in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations.Who’s heard of Jessie Lavington Evans, who was born in 1860? Very few, Saleroom would suggest.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Melbourne Miss Havisham emerges at women’s art sale
A painting by a mostly forgotten artist who stopped selling because it wasn’t the done thing is among the highlights in the 10th annual Women Artists auction.
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