ARTHUR STREETON
1867-1943

PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM THE SIR WALTER BALDWIN SPENCER COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

ARTHUR STREETON

1867-1943
Unloading Bricks, Kew (1905)

oil on wood panel
signed 'A S' lower left
18.8 x 24.2 cm
frame: original, maker unknown

• Lot Sold $80,000 (Hammer Price)
• $98,182 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Arthur Streeton
Sir Water Baldwin Spencer, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1907
Captain and Mrs Clive Rowan, Melbourne, by descent from the above
Private Collection, Victoria, by descent from the above
Important Australian Art, Sotheby's Australia (now trading as Smith & Singer), Sydney, 25 August 2015, lot 99, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above

Exhibited

An Exhibition of Pictures by Arthur Streeton Prior to his Return to Europe, Upper Hibernian Hall, Melbourne, 20-27 April 1907, no. 35, £15.15.0
Baldwin Spencer Loan Collection, Prahran Town Hall, Melbourne, 20 December 1911 - 1912, no. 10
Sir W. Baldwin Spencer's Collection, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1 December 1916, no. 11, 'Unloading Bricks' (label verso)
Loan Exhibition of Australian Paintings, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 9 July - 29 August 1925, no. 33, 'Loading Bricks' (label verso)
Arthur Streeton Memorial Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 5 September - 7 October 1944, no. 56, 'Loading Bricks' (label verso)