George W. Lambert 1873-1930

• Lot Sold $260,000 (Hammer Price)
• $312,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

MOTHER AND SONS 1909

oil on canvas
signed and dated 'G.W. LAMBERT 1909-' lower left
frame: original, maker unknown
61 X 51CM

PROVENANCE
Sir James McGregor, Sydney
Sir Charles Lloyd Jones and Lady Lloyd Jones, Sydney
The Lloyd Jones Collection, James R. Lawson, Sydney, 9 April 1981, lot 706, 'Mrs Lambert and Children', illustrated
Mr Cecil Green, Sydney
The Estate of the Late Mrs Marjory Green, Sydney

EXHIBITED
Lambert Memorial Loan Exhibition, Education Department's Art Gallery, Sydney, 26 November - 12 December 1930, no. 100, 'Family Group'
Exhibition of the Works of the Late George Lambert, David Jones' Exhibition Hall, Sydney, 24 June - 10 July 1937, (loan section)

LITERATURE A
rthur Jose et. al., 'The Art of George W. Lambert', Art in Australia, Sydney, 1924, plate. 6, 'Mother and Sons'
Lionel Lindsay, 'George Lambert - Our First Australian Master', Art in Australia, 3rd Series, No. 36, February 1931, pl. 2, 'Mother and Sons'
J.S. MacDonald, 'Mr J. R. McGregor's Collection', Art in Australia, 3rd Series, No. 57, November 1934, p. 25, 'Mother and Sons'
Amy Lambert, Thirty Years of an Artist's Life, Society of Artists, Sydney, 1938, p. 45
Edward Craig, Australian Art Auction Records 1978-1981, Currawong, Sydney, 1982, p. 171 
Australian Antique Collector, January - June 1991, p. 117
Andrew Motion, The Lamberts: George, Constant and Kit, Chatto and Windus, London, 1986, p. 122
Anne Gray, George Lambert (1873-1930) Catalogue Raisonné: Paintings and Sculpture, Drawings in Public Collections, Bonamy Press, Perth in association with Sotheby's and Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1996, P101, p. 28
Anne Gray, George Lambert 1873-1930: Art and Artiface, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1996, pp. 60, 74 (illustrated), '(Mother and Sons)'

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE MRS MARJORY GREEN, SYDNEY