ARTHUR STREETON
1867-1943

ARTHUR STREETON

1867-1943
The Oldest Olive Tree (1930)

oil on canvas
signed 'A STREETON' lower right; inscribed 'TOORAK 6' verso
64.5 x 76.5 cm frame: original, John Thallon, Melbourne

• Lot Sold SOLD (Hammer Price)

Provenance

Arthur Streeton, Melbourne, 1931
Private Collection
A Collection of Valuable Pictures, James R. Lawson, Sydney, 3 September 1952, lot 688, 'Streeton's Olive Tree'
Mr Ray Booth, Victoria, until
Fine Australian and International Paintings, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 7 May 2001, lot 45, illustrated
Gould Galleries, Melbourne and Sydney, acquired from the above
Private Collection, New South Wales, acquired from the above
Private Collection, Sydney, Sydney, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Arthur Streeton, Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, 17-28 March 1931, no. 3, 150 gns
Loan Exhibition of the Works of Arthur Streeton, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 November 1931 - 20 January 1932, no. 60, 'Streeton's Olive Tree'
Arthur Streeton: The Passionate Gardener, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 9 December 2001 - 17 February 2002, no. 13

Literature

Harold Herbert, 'Art of Arthur Streeton. Sunlit Landscapes. Beautiful Flower Pieces', The Argus, Melbourne, 17 March 1931, p. 8
Harold Herbert, 'A Fine Exhibition by Arthur Streeton', The Australasian, Melbourne, 21 March 1931, p. 15
'Arthur Streeton Number', Art in Australia, Sydney, Third Series, Number 40, October 1931, plate 12, p. 39 (illustrated), 'Streeton's Olive Tree'
Arthur Streeton, The Arthur Streeton Catalogue, Arthur Streeton, Melbourne, 1935, no. 1013, 'The Old Olive Tree, 1929'
Geoffrey Smith and Oliver Streeton, Arthur Streeton: The Passionate Gardener, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 2001, p. 22