ARTHUR STREETON
1867-1943

PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE RT HON. RUSSELL REA, LONDON

ARTHUR STREETON

1867-1943
Evening Light (Venice) (1908)

oil on canvas
signed 'A STREETON' lower left
50.3 x 76.1 cm
frame: Charles Hewitt, Sydney

• Lot Sold $1,250,000 (Hammer Price)
• $1,534,091 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Arthur Streeton, London
Rt Hon. Russell Rea, London (label verso), acquired from the above
Private Collection
John Schaeffer, Sydney
Fine Australian Paintings and Drawings, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 6 April 1987, lot 48A, 'St. Mark's Square, Venice', illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
Private Collection, Adelaide
Cooks Hill Galleries, Newcastle
Private Collection, Canberra, acquired from the above on 19 September 2006
Private Collection, Sydney, by descent from the above

Exhibited

Arthur Streeton, Alpine Club Gallery, London, 26 March - 9 April 1909, no. 10, 'Evening Light', 60 gns

Literature

The British Australasian, London, April 1909
The Daily Graphic, London, 6 April 1909
The World, London, 14 April 1909