Roland Wakelin 1887-1971

THE BRIDGE FROM NORTH SYDNEY 1939
oil on board
signed and dated 'R. Wakelin 1939' lower left
75 X 62.5CM

PROVENANCE
Maquarie Galleries, Sydney
Mr Aeneas John Lindsay McDonnell, Sydney and London
Mrs Joyce C. Orchard, Sydney
By descent
Private Collection, Sydney

EXHIBITED
Exhibition of Paintings by Roland Wakelin, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 19-31 July 1939, no. 1 90 gns
Roland Wakelin Loan Exhibition, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 14 May - 11 June 1942, 46, illustrated
Jubilee Exhibition of Australian Art, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 12-31 March 1951, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, 9-28 April 1951, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 17 May - 9 June 1951, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 June - 21 July 1951, Queensland National Art Gallery, Brisbane, 6 August - 1 September 1951, National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 24 September - 20 October 1951, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 12 November - 10 December 1951, no. 153

LITERATURE
Sydney Ure Smith (ed.), Australian Art Annual 1939, Ure Smith Pty Ltd,
Sydney, 1939, p. 8, plate 51 (illustrated)
Sydney Ure Smith (ed.), Australian Art Today, Ure Smith Pty Ltd,
Sydney, 1940, plate 51 (illustrated)
Leslie Walton, The Art of Roland Wakelin, Craftsman House, Sydney,
1987, plate 55, pp. 75 (illustrated), 126, 132, ‘The Bridge from North
Sydney'