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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

TOM ROBERTS
1856-1931

Pizzo Dei Piani 1913

$40,000–50,000

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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

TOM ROBERTS

1856-1931
Pizzo Dei Piani 1913

oil on board
signed and dated 'Tom Roberts '13' lower left
32.5 x 42.5 cm
frame: original, Lillie Williamson (Mrs Tom Roberts)

  • Lot Sold $65,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $79,773 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Tom Roberts, Melbourne
Mr and Mrs J.P. Williams, Melbourne, acquired in 1920
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above
Australian & International Fine Art & Sculpture, Menzies, Melbourne, 27 June 2019, lot 23, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Exhibition of Paintings by Tom Roberts, principally Lake Como and the Splugen Pass, Walker's Galleries, London, 2-14 February 1914, no. 17, 'Pizzo dei Piani. Spluga Pass: Italian Alps', 20 gns
Exhibition of Paintings by Tom Roberts, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, 30 March - 17 April 1920, no. 18, 20 gns
Past and Present Exhibition, Victorian Artists' Society, Melbourne, 13-30 August 1954

Literature

R.H. Croll, Tom Roberts: Father of Australian Landscape Painting, Robertson & Mullens, Melbourne, 1935, pp. 157, 175, 176
Helen Topliss, Tom Roberts 1856-1931: A Catalogue Raisonné, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1985, cat. no. 448, Vol. 1, p. 187

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