TOM ROBERTS
1856-1931
J. P. Pfund, Esq. (1888)
$60,000–80,000
TOM ROBERTS
1856-1931
J. P. Pfund, Esq. (1888)
oil on canvas
signed and inscribed 'Done with every kind memory T. Roberts' verso
37 x 30.5 cm
- Lot Sold $60,000 (Hammer Price)
- $75,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Tom Roberts, Melbourne
James Pfund and Elise Pfund, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1888
Dr Robert Loosli, Melbourne, by descent from the above
Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above
Private Collection, Sydney, by descent from the above
Exhibited
(Possibly) Spring Exhibition, Victorian Artists' Society, Albert Street, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, 16 November 1888, no. 60
Literature
(Possibly) 'Victorian Artists' Society. The Spring Exhibition', The Age, Melbourne, 16 November 1888, p. 8
(Possibly) 'Victorian Artists' Society. Spring Exhibition', The Argus, Melbourne, 16 November 1888, p. 4
(Possibly) 'Victorian Artists' Society', The Leader, Melbourne, 17 November 1888, p. 29
(Possibly) 'Victorian Artist's Exhibition', Table Talk, Melbourne, 23 November 1888, p. 6
R. H. Croll, Tom Roberts: Father of Australian Landscape Painting, Robertson & Mullens, Melbourne, 1935, p. 119
Helen Topliss, Tom Roberts: A Catalogue Raisonné, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1985, cat. no. 109, Vol. 1, p. 105, Vol. 2, plate 48, (illustrated)
Julie Cotter, Tom Roberts & the Art of Portraiture, Thames & Hudson, Melbourne, 2015, pp. 110-111
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