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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian & International Art
• Sale Date:
  02 Sep 2020 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  27
• Lot Description:
  Tom Roberts
  (1856-1931)
  J. P. Pfund, Esq. (1888)
  oil on canvas
  37 x 30.5 cm
  signed and inscribed 'Done with every kind memory T. Roberts' verso
• Provenance:
  Tom Roberts, Melbourne; James Pfund and Elise Pfund, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1888; Dr Robert Loosli, Melbourne, by descent from the above; Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above; Private Collection, Sydney, by descent from the above<BR>
• Exhibited:
  (Possibly) "Spring Exhibition", Victorian Artists' Society, Albert Street, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, 16 November 1888, no. 60
• Notes:
  REFERENCES: (Possibly) 'Victorian Artists' Society. The Spring Exhibition', "The Age", Melbourne, 16 November 1888, p. 8; (Possibly) 'Victorian Artists' Society. Spring Exhibition', "The Argus", Melbourne, 16 November 1888, p. 4; (Possibly) 'Victorian Artists' Society', "The Leader", Melbourne, 17 November 1888, p. 29; (Possibly) 'Victorian Artist's Exhibition', "Table Talk", Melbourne, 23 November 1888, p. 6; R. H. Croll, "Tom Roberts: Father of Australian Landscape Painting", Robertson & Mullens, Melbourne, 1935, p. 119; Helen Topliss, "Tom Roberts: A Catalogue Raisonné", Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1985, cat. no. 109, Vol. 1, p. 105, Vol. 2, plate 48, (illustrated); Julie Cotter, "Tom Roberts & the Art of Portraiture", Thames & Hudson, Melbourne, 2015, pp. 110-111
• Estimate:
  A$60,000 - 80,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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