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Lot #17 - Walter Withers

  • Auction House:
    Smith & Singer
  • Sale Name:
    Important Australian & International Art
  • Sale Date:
    18 Nov 2020 ~ 6.30pm (AEDT)
  • Lot #:
    17
  • Lot Description:
    Walter Withers
    (1854-1914)
    After the Heat of the Day 1891
    oil on canvas
    95 x 127.5 cm
    signed and dated 'Walter Withers 91.' lower left
  • Provenance:
    Miss Hart, Melbourne; Guyon Purchas, Melbourne; Private Collection, Melbourne; Australian Paintings, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 25 May 1973, lot 221, 'Two Figures and Cattle by Stream', illustrated; Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above; Important Australian Art, Sotheby's Australia, Sydney, 23 November 2016, lot 16, illustrated; Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
  • Exhibited:
    Walter Withers Studio Exhibition, Mutual Provident Buildings, 463 Collins Street, Melbourne, 14-28 May 1891, no. 1; Exhibition of the Works of Victorian Artists, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, November 1891, no. 50, £100.0.0
  • Notes:
    REFERENCES: The Herald, Melbourne, 13 May 1891; 'Mr Wither's Collection of Pictures', The Age, Melbourne, 14 May 1891, p. 7; 'Art Notes', The Argus, Melbourne, 15 May 1891, p. 6; 'She', Bohemia, Melbourne, 21 May 1891, p. 12; Table Talk, Melbourne, 22 May 1891, p. 4; Sidney Dickinson, 'Two Exhibitions of Paintings', Australasian Critic, Melbourne, 1 July 1891, p. 240; Alexander McCubbin (ed.), The Life and Art of Walter Withers, Australian Art Books, Melbourne, (1920), p. 18; Fanny Withers, 'A Short Biography of Walter Withers' (manuscript circa 1919), reproduced in Andrew McKenzie (ed.), Walter Withers: The Forgotten Manuscripts, Mannagum Press, Melbourne, 1987, p. 116
  • Estimate:
    A$150,000 - 250,000
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Art

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