EUGENE VON GUÉRARD
1811-1901

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

EUGENE VON GUÉRARD

1811-1901
Mr Andrew Wittle's Residence at Apollo Bay with Cape Patton in Distance 1859

oil on board
signed and dated 'Eug. v. Guérard 1859' lower centre left; inscribed 'with Cape Patton in distance' verso
23 x 30.5 cm

• Lot Sold $250,000 (Hammer Price)
• $306,818 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Eugene von Guérard, Melbourne
Mr A. White, Victoria, by 1869
Private Collection, New Zealand
Denis Savill, Sydney, acquired from the above
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
The Block Gallery and Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne
Fine Australian Paintings, Sotheby's Australia, Sydney, 25 August 2002, lot 55, illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Works of Art, Ornamental and Decorative Art, Melbourne Public Library & Museum, Melbourne, March - June 1869, no. 549, 'View of Apollo Bay'
Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Australian Paintings, The Block Gallery and Deutscher Galleries, Melbourne, 1978, no. 7, '(Linesman's Hut) with Cape Patton in Distance', illustrated
On long-term loan to Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, 2000 - 2002
Eugene von Guérard: Artist-Traveller, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, 24 March - 27 May 2018 (label verso)

Literature

Art and Australia, The Fine Arts Press, Sydney, Vol. 16, No. 1, Spring, September 1978, p. 22 (illustrated), 'Cape Patton, Victoria'
Candice Bruce, Edward Comstock and Frank McDonald, Eugene von Guerard: A German Romantic in the Antipodes, Alistair Taylor, Maryborough, New Zealand, 1982, cat. no. 45 and cat. no. 123, 'View of Apollo Bay', plate 21, pp. 112, 113 (illustrated), 205 (illustrated), 206, 249