Aby Altson
1866-1949

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE MRS MARJORIE CARR, MELBOURNE ON LONG-TERM LOAN TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE, 2002-2013

Aby Altson

1866-1949
CHILDREN'S CHILDREN 1889

oil on canvas
signed and dated 'Aby Altson / 1889' lower right
82.5 X 127.5CM

• Lot Sold $280,000 (Hammer Price)
• $341,600 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Mr A.B. Johnson, Melbourne
The Estate of the Late A.B. Johnson, Esq., Gemmell, Tuckett & Co., Melbourne, 22 May 1907, lot 136
Mr John Jerome Tuomy, Melbourne
By descent
Mrs Marjorie Carr, Melbourne
By descent
Private Collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

Sixth Annual Exhibition of Paintings by Students of the National Gallery under the Direction of G.F. Folingsby, Esq., National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 12 November 1889, no. 1
Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition: 1851-1901, Bendigo, November 1901, no. 42.
On long-term loan to the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2002-2013

Literature

The Age, Melbourne, 13 November 1889, p. 6
James Smith, 'The Students' Exhibition at the National Gallery', The Argus, Melbourne, 13 November 1889, p. 8
James Smith, 'The Students' Exhibition at the National Gallery', The Argus, Melbourne, 14 November 1889, p. 11
'The Students' Exhibition at the Melbourne National Gallery', Table Talk, Melbourne, 15 November 1889, p. 6
'Art and Letters', The Illustrated Sydney News, Sydney, 28 November 1889, p. 27
James Smith, 'The Students' Exhibition at the National Gallery', The Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil, 28 November 1889, pp. 183, 184 (illustrated)