CHARLES CONDER
1868-1909

PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM THE BENNO C. SCHMIDT COLLECTION, ESPERANCE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND NEW YORK CITY

CHARLES CONDER

1868-1909
'Arcadia,' June 28th 1889

oil on wood panel
signed, dated and inscribed '1889 / ChAS CONDER / ARCADIA 28 JUNE' lower right
11.6 x 23.7 cm

• Lot Sold $240,000 (Hammer Price)
• $292,800 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Auction of Paintings by Conder, Roberts, Streeton, Shevill and Co., Garraway's Rooms, Melbourne, 24 October 1889
Private Collection
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Mr J.W. Maund, Sydney
Mrs G.C. Maund, Sydney, by descent from the above
Paintings in Oils and Water Colours, Coleman Page, Sydney, 7 June 1963, lot 210, 'Ship (Arcadia) and Tug, 28 June, 1889'
Mr Pye, Sydney, acquired from the above
Mr Benno Schmidt, Esperance, Western Australia and New York City
Mr Simon Moore, Perth, acquired from the above
Private Collection, Perth
Private Collection, Perth, acquired from the above in 2004

Exhibited

The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition, Buxton's Art Gallery, Melbourne, 17 August 1889, no. 42, 1 gn
Australian Art in the 'Nineties, The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 7 June 1934, no. 9, 'Arcadia'
Australian Impressionism, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 31 March – 8 July 2007, no. 9.2, illustrated

Literature

Frank Gibson, Charles Conder: His Life and Work, John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1914, pp. 27, 93
John Rothenstein, The Life and Death of Conder, Dent, London, 1938, p. 36
Terence Lane, Australian Impressionism, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, cat. no. 9.2, pp. 164 (illustrated), 327-328