ARTHUR STREETON
1867-1943

PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR M.J.M. CARTER, ADELAIDE

ARTHUR STREETON

1867-1943
Fossil Bay, Flood Tide 1925

oil on wood panel
signed and dated 'A STREETON / 1925' lower right
19.2 x 66 cm

• Lot Sold $270,000 (Hammer Price)
• $329,400 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Mr H.S. Reid, Sydney, acquired from the above in March 1927
Private Collection
Lauraine Diggins Gallery, Melbourne
Mr David Bremer, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Private Collection, Melbourne
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
Private Collection, New South Wales, acquired from the above
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
Australian, Aboriginal & International Fine Art, Menzies, Sydney, 25 March 2010, lot 63, 'Fossil Bay, Mentone', illustrated
Private Collection, acquired from the above
Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture, Menzies, Sydney, 8 December 2011, lot 49, 'Fossil Bay, Mentone', illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Arthur Streeton, The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 10-26 March 1927, no. 25, 80 gns
Loan Exhibition of the Works of Arthur Streeton, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 November 1931 – 20 January 1932, no. 136
Selected Australian Works of Art, Lauraine Diggins Gallery, 26 June – 10 July 1985, no. 11, illustrated
Annual Collectors' Exhibition 1999, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 5 June – 3 July 1999, no. 27, illustrated
Sea of Dreams: Port Phillip Bay 1915-2013, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, 14 December 2013 – 2 March 1914, 'Fossil Bay, Mentone' (label verso)

Literature

Arthur Streeton, The Arthur Streeton Catalogue, Arthur Streeton, Melbourne, 1935, no. 892, 'Fossil Bay'
Jane Alexander, Sea of Dreams: Port Phillip Bay 1915-2013, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, 14 December 2013, p. 52