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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian & International Art
• Sale Date:
  20 Apr 2021 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  24
• Lot Description:
  Arthur Streeton
  (1867-1943)
  Hobart 1938
  oil on canvas
  102 x 152 cm
  signed and dated 'ARTHUR STREETON 1938 -' lower left; inscribed 'HBH PBM' lower right
  PROVENANCE: Arthur Streeton, Melbourne; Oliver Streeton, Melbourne, by descent from the above, until; "Fine Collection Pictures", Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 1 June 1944, lot 12, 500 gns; W. Oswald Burt, Melbourne, until; "Australian Historical and Contemporary Drawings and Paintings", Christie's Australia, Sydney, 24 September 1969, lot 30, illustrated; Lieut-Colonel and Mrs E.H.B. Neill, Melbourne, acquired from the above, until; "Australian Paintings, Prints and Australian Craft", Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 9 May 1989, lot 275, illustrated; Leasefin, Melbourne, acquired from the above, until; "The Leasefin Sale of Australian Pictures", Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 28 July 1991, lot 20, illustrated; Private Collection, Brisbane, acquired from the above
• Exhibited:
  "Arthur Streeton's Exhibition: Form and Colour", The Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, 2 August 1938, no. 1, 700 gns; "Arthur Streeton and the Australian Coast", Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, 11 December 2004 ñ 6 March 2005, no. 56, illustrated
• Notes:
  REFERENCES: Basil Burdett, 'Streeton's Discovery of Tasmania. Freedom, Zest and Vigor', "The Herald", Melbourne, 1 August 1938, p. 14; 'Paintings by Sir A. Streeton', "The Age", Melbourne, 2 August 1938, p. 6; Harold Herbert, 'Sterling Work', "The Argus", Melbourne, 2 August 1938, p. 4; 'Arthur Streeton's Exhibition Opens at Athenaeum Gallery', "The Herald", Melbourne, 2 August 1938, p. 8 (illustrated); "The Argus", Melbourne, 1 June 1944, p. 10; '500 gns Painting',"The Sun", Sydney, 1 June 1944, p. 5; "The Examiner", Launceston, 2 June 1944, p. 5; 'Painting of Hobart Sold For 500 gns', "The Mercury", Hobart, 2 June 1944, p. 7; 'Streeton Painting Fetches 500 gns', "The Sydney Morning Herald", Sydney, 2 June 1944, p. 3; '500 gns For Picture', "The West Australian", Perth, 3 June 1944, p. 4; "Guinea Gold", Papua New Guinea, 10 June 1944, p. 2; Ann Galbally, "Arthur Streeton", Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1969, cat. no. 214; "Art and Australia", The Fine Arts Press, Sydney, Vol. 27, No. 2, Summer 1989, p. 201 (illustrated); Geoffrey Smith and Oliver Streeton, "Arthur Streeton and the Australian Coast", Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, 2004, pp. 34 (illustrated), 35, 56
• Estimate:
  A$750,000 - 950,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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