Arthur Streeton
1867-1943

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

Arthur Streeton

1867-1943
SYDNEY HARBOUR 1895

oil on wood panel
signed 'StrEEton.' lower left; dated '1895' lower right
21 X 30CM

• Lot Sold $200,000 (Hammer Price)
• $244,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

(Possibly) Australian Oil Paintings, James R. Lawson, Sydney, 28-29 October 1952, lot 451, 'Harbour View, 1895'
Mr Stuart Johnston, Sydney
Private Collection
Australian Paintings, Prints, Studio Pottery and Books & Maps, Christie's, Melbourne, 21 August 1988, lot 419, illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

(Possibly) Plein-air Studies by Six Artists, James R. Lawson, Sydney, 28 June 1895
Arthur Streeton 1867-1943, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 8 December 1995 - 12 February 1996, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 1 March - 14 April 1996, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 2 May - 16 June 1996, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 9 July - 25 August 1996, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 11 October - 24 November 1996, no. 47, illustrated
Arthur Streeton and the Australian Coast, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 11 December 2004 - 6 March 2005, no. 15
Australian Impressionism, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 31 March - 8 July 2007, no. 11.18, illustrated
Masterpieces of Australian Impressionism, Bonhams & Goodman, Melbourne, 24-26 July 2009, no. 18

Literature

Geoffrey Smith, Arthur Streeton: 1867-1943, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1995, pp. 112, 113 (illustrated)
Geoffrey Smith and Oliver Streeton, Arthur Streeton and the Australian Coast, Mornington Peninusla Regional Gallery, Victoria, 2004, p. 38
Terence Lane, Australian Impressionism, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, pp. 220 (illustrated), 339