Arthur Streeton 1867-1943 8TH AUGUST. THE AUSTRALIAN ADVANCE 1918

• Lot Sold $90,000 (Hammer Price)
• $108,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Viewed from an elevation just north of Corbie, the ridge in centre runs from Villers-Bretonneaux on right edge of picture to Hamel on left.
oil on canvas
signed and dated 'ARTHUR STREETON / 1918' lower right
63.3 X 101.2CM

PROVENANCE
Sir Reginald Marcus Clark, Sydney
A Most Important Collection of Australian Paintings, Drawings and Prints under instructions from and as directed by The Executors of the Will of the Late Sir Reginald Marcus Clark, K.B.E. and Lady Clark, James R. Lawson, Sydney, 15 and 16 June 1954, lot 39
Private Collection, Sydney

EXHIBITED
With the Australians on the Somme: Pictures by Lt. Arthur Streeton, Alpine Club Gallery, London, - 30 June 1919, no. 2
Mr Streeton's Pictures, Victorian Artists' Society Galleries, Melbourne, 16 March 1920, no. 29, 'The 8th of August Advance'
Final Exhibition of Arthur Streeton's Pictures, Education Department Gallery, Sydney, 10 May 1920, no. 12,
'The 8th of August Advance' Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Water Colors from the Collection of Mr R.M. Clark, Marcus Clark Showrooms, Sydney, 6 August 1923, no. 2
R. M. Clark Exhibition of Pictures, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, June - September 1926, no. 2,
'The 8th August Advance', illustrated; Loan Exhibition of the Works of Arthur Streeton, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 November 1931 - 20 January 1932, no. 128

LITERATURE
Arthur Streeton, The Arthur Streeton Catalogue, Arthur Streeton, Melbourne, 1935, no. 592