Reports Matthew Westwood in “The Australian” on 25 August 2021, and writing “Art valuer David Hulme said while established artists such as Grace Cossington Smith and Margaret Preston consistently sold well, others had achieved prices “out of the ball park”.
He said Hester, who died in 1960 at age 40, had seen the greatest rate of growth from a low base, because her works on paper had been relatively inexpensive.”