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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian & International Art
• Sale Date:
  20 Apr 2021 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  26
• Lot Description:
  Frederick McCubbin
  (1855-1917)
  What the Little Girl Saw in the Bush 1904
  oil on canvas
  96.5 x 66 cm
  signed and dated 'F McCubbin / 1904' lower right
• Provenance:
  Frederick McCubbin, Melbourne; Athenaeum Upper Hall, Melbourne; Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in April/May 1904; (Probably) Sidney Dark, Melbourne; Kozminsky Gallery, Melbourne; Graham Joel, Melbourne, by 1970; Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above
• Notes:
  EXHIBITED: "Mr. Fred McCubbin's Exhibition of Australian Paintings", Athenaeum Upper Hall, Melbourne, 22 April 1904, no. 16, £21.0.0; "First City of Mordialloc Arts Festival", Mentone City Hall, 1-5 May 1965, no. 22, 'Fantasy'; "Spirit of Place", Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria, August 1977, no. 39, 'Fairies in the Glade'; "The Art of Frederick McCubbin", National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 18 December 1991 - 25 February 1992, and tour, no. 42, illustrated; "Our Country: Australian Federation Landscapes 1900-1914", Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 14 September - 18 November 2001, illustrated; "Masterpieces of Australian Impressionism", Bonhams & Goodman, Melbourne, 24-26 July 2009, no. 9; "Looking for Fairies: The Victorian Tradition", Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, 16 October - 28 November 2010, illustrated; "A Distinguished Private Collection of Australian Art", Sotheby's Australia (now trading as Smith & Singer), Melbourne, 25 February - 8 March 2013, no. 65, illustrated. REFERENCES: Mr. McCubbin's Exhibition of Paintings', "The Age", Melbourne, 22 April 1904, p. 8; 'Exhibition of Australian Art', "The Argus", Melbourne, 22 April 1904, p. 7; 'Mr. McCubbin's Exhibition of Paintings', "The Leader", Melbourne, 23 April 1904, p. 26; 'Social Circle', "The Leader", Melbourne, 14 May 1904, p. 37; James MacDonald, "The Art of Frederick McCubbin", Lothian Book Publishing, Melbourne, 1916, p. 96; Leigh Astbury, 'The Art of Frederick McCubbin and the Impact of the First War', "The La Trobe Library Journal", Melbourne, Vol. 6, No. 24, October 1979, pp. 81 (illustrated), 82; Ann Galbally, "Frederick McCubbin", Hutchinson, Melbourne, 1981, plate 24, pp. 110, 111, 112, 115 (illustrated), 148; Leigh Astbury, "City Bushman: The Heidelberg School and the Rural Mythology", Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1985, pp. 175, 195-196; Andrew Mackenzie, "Frederick McCubbin 1855-1917: 'The Proff' and His Art", Mannagum Press, Melbourne, 1990, p. 124; Bridget Whitelaw, "The Art of Frederick McCubbin", National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1991, pp. 76, 77 (illustrated); Ron Radford, "Our Country: Australian Federation Landscapes 1900-1914", Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2001, pp. 82, 83 (illustrated), 155; Anne Gray, "McCubbin: Last Impressions 1907-17", National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2009, pp. 44, 45 (illustrated); Anna Clabburn, "Looking for Fairies: The Victorian Tradition", Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, 2010, n.p. (illustrated); Geoffrey Smith and David Hansen, "A Distinguished Private Collection of Australian Art", Sotheby's Australia (now trading as Smith & Singer), Melbourne, 2013, pp. 4, 10, 36 (illustrated), 37 (illustrated), 98
• Estimate:
  A$1,200,000 - 1,600,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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