TOM ROBERTS
1856-1931

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, ADELAIDE

TOM ROBERTS

1856-1931
Mentone (1889)

oil on wood panel
signed 'Tom Roberts' lower left
12 x 19.9 cm

• Lot Sold $90,000 (Hammer Price)
• $109,800 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Mr M. Fletcher, Sydney
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Mr Walter Taylor, Sydney, acquired from the above in October 1946
The Walter Taylor Collection of Valuable Pictures, Library of Rare Books, Antique and Period Furniture and Desiderata, James R. Lawson, Sydney, 5 November 1958, lot (31), 'A Bluff Headland (7½ x 4½ in) (From the original 9 x 5 Exhibition of impressionist paintings held by Streeton, Roberts and Conder in Melbourne in 1889.)'
A Most Important Collection of Valuable Pictures Under Instructions from Dr. George Elliott and on account of other interests, James R. Lawson, Sydney, 22 March 1960, lot 80, 'Morning on the Coast'
Sir Andrew and Lady Grimwade, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Fine Australian Paintings and Drawings, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 6 April 1987, lot 123, 'Morning on the Coast – Mentone, 1889', illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, acquired from the above
Private Collection, Queensland, acquired from the above
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
Private Collection, Adelaide, acquired from the above in 2012

Exhibited

(Probably) The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition, Buxton's Art Gallery, Melbourne, 17 August 1889, no. 175, 'Mentone (Lent)'
Paintings, The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 2-14 October 1946, no. 17, 'Sketch in Oils', 25 gns
Nine by Five Impression Exhibition, Grosvenor Galleries, Sydney, 5 December 1950
The Artists' Camps: Plein Air Painting in Melbourne 1885-1898, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, 7 June – 11 July 1984, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 2 August – 4 September 1984, no. 107, illustrated

Literature

(Probably) Table Talk, Melbourne, 23 August 1889, p. 4
Helen Topliss, The Artists' Camps: Plein Air Painting in Melbourne 1885-1898, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, 1984, p. 67 (illustrated)
Helen Topliss, Tom Roberts 1856-1931: A Catalogue Raisonné, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1985, Vol. 1, pp. 110-111, Vol. 2, plate 64, cat. no. 137, 'Mentone?: Morning on the Coast'
Helen Topliss, The Artists' Camps: Plein Air Painting in Australia, Hedley Australia Publications, Melbourne, 1992, plate 163, pp. 128, 129 (illustrated)