Elioth Gruner (1882-1939), Flower Piece 1933

• Lot Sold $38,000 (Hammer Price)
• $45,600 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

oil on canvas on wood
signed and dated 'GRUNER/ 1933' lower right
61 X 45.7CM

Provenance:
Mr and Mrs Saul Symonds, Sydney
Mrs Naomi Hoenig, London
By Descent
Private Collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
Society of Artists' Annual Exhibition, Education Department's Art Gallery, Sydney, 7 September - 5 October 1934, no.133
Probably First Exhibition of the Australian Academy of Art, Education Department's Art Gallery, Sydney, 8-19 April 1938, no. 86
Elioth Gruner Memorial Loan Exhibition, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 April - 31 May 1940, no. 135
Exhibition of Paintings, Great Synagogue War Memorial Centre, Sydney, 6-? March 1960, no. 3
Elioth Gruner 1883-1939, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 July - 4 September, 1983, no. 66
Presenting Australian Art 1938-1941, S. H. Ervin Museum and Gallery, Sydney, 17 May - 6 July 1986, no. AAA21

Literature:
Barry Pearce, Elioth Gruner 1882-1939, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1983, p. 53 (illustrated)
Geoffrey Batchen, 'Gruner in Retrospect', Art Network, Spring 1983, no.11, p. 10 (illustrated)