ARTHUR STREETON
1867-1943
Melbourne from Afar (1920)
Estimate $80,000 – $120,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE
ARTHUR STREETON
1867-1943
Melbourne from Afar (1920)
oil on canvas
signed 'A STREETON' lower right
64 x 76.7 cm
frame: original, John Thallon, Melbourne
- Lot Sold $140,000 (Hammer Price)
- $170,800 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Captain Ian Moffatt-Pender, Melbourne
Mrs Lorna Moffatt-Pender, London, by descent from the above in 1961
Collection of Australian Pictures including the Mrs. Lorna Moffat-Pender Collection of Arthur Streeton's Paintings, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 31 August 1962, lot 83, 'Macedon (1920)'
Private Collection, Melbourne
Fine Australian Paintings, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 19 August 1991, lot 325, 'Macedon Seventy Miles Away, 1925', illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne
Exhibited
Mr. Streeton's Exhibition of Paintings of the Grampian Mountains, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, 1-6 November 1920, no. 9
Arthur Streeton Memorial Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 5 September - 7 October 1944, no. 80, 'Distant View of Macedon'
Literature
Mr. Streeton's Pictures', The Argus, Melbourne, 2 November 1920, p. 9
Arthur Streeton, The Arthur Streeton Catalogue, Arthur Streeton, Melbourne, 1935, no. 729, 'Macedon, from Afar'
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Geoffrey SmithChairman Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Geoffrey Smith |
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Gary SingerChief Executive Officer Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Gary Singer |
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Fiona HaywardSenior Specialist Australian & International Art |
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Brett BallardSenior Specialist Australian & International ArtSydney T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Brett Ballard |