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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  24 Aug 2022 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  24
• Lot Description:
  Arthur Streeton
  (1867-1943)
  Lilies and Bells (1935)
  oil on canvas; frame: original, John Thallon, Melbourne
  64.2 x 102 cm
  signed 'ARTHUR STREETON--' lower right
  EXHIBITED: An Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Arthur Streeton: Landscapes and Flowers, The Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, 10-22 June 1935, no. 7, 150 gns; Exhibition of Paintings by Sir Arthur Streeton, The Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, 11-23 January 1943, no. 19, 170 gns; (Possibly) Paintings by Sir Arthur Streeton, The Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, 14-24 February 1961, no. 28; Arthur Streeton 1867-1943, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 8 December 1995 - 12 February 1996; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 1 March - 14 April 1996; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 2 May - 16 June 1996; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 9 July - 25 August 1996; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 11 October - 24 November 1996, no. 78, illustrated (label verso); Arthur Streeton: The Passionate Gardener, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 9 December 2001 - 17 February 2002, no. 25, illustrated; Streeton, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 7 November 2020 - 14 February 2021, illustrated
• Provenance:
  Arthur Streeton, Melbourne; Oliver Streeton, Melbourne, by descent from the above; Julian Sterling, Melbourne; Julian's, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 12 September 1978, lot 936, 'View of Flowers from the Window, Olinda', illustrated; Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
• Notes:
  REFERENCES: Lionel Lindsay, 'Arthur Streeton and His Magic Brush', The Herald, Melbourne, 10 June 1935, p. 8; 'Landscapes and Flowers by Arthur Streeton', The Age, Melbourne, 11 June 1935, p. 5; Harold Herbert, 'Arthur Streeton. Great Painter of Australia. Brilliant Flower Pieces', The Argus, Melbourne, 11 June 1935, p. 7; Geoffrey Smith, Arthur Streeton 1867-1943, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1995, pp. 182, 183 (illustrated); Geoffrey Smith and Oliver Streeton, Arthur Streeton: The Passionate Gardener,Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, 2001, cover (illustrated), pp. 12, 22; Wayne Tunnicliffe (ed.), Streeton, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2020, pp. 305 (illustrated), 373
• Estimate:
  A$200,000 - 300,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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