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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian + International Fine Art
• Sale Date:
  01 Dec 2022 ~ 7pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  98
• Lot Description:
  Frederick Woodhouse Snr
  (1820 - 1909)
  Champion Racehorse Le Var, With Owner Alfred Eccles, 1897
  oil on canvas
  56.0 x 76.5 cm
  signed and dated lower right: Fred Woodhouse Senr / 1897; bears inscription on frame verso: By F Woodhouse 1897 MB. A. Eccles (OWNER) / "LE VAR"
• Provenance:
  Laverty collection, Sydney 
• Exhibited:
  Pastures & Pastimes: An Exhibition Of Australian Racing, Sporting & Animal Pictures Of The 19th century, Victorian Artists Society Gallery, Melbourne, 14 October – 5 November 1983; Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria, 19 November – 20 December 1983; S.H. Ervin National Trust Gallery, Sydney, 6 January – 19 February 1984, cat. 71; Laverty 2, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales, 14 May – 14 August 2011
• References:
  Laverty, C., Australian Colonial Sporting Painters, Frederick Woodhouse and Sons, The David Ell Press, Sydney, 1980, pp. 58 - 59 (illus., as "Le Var in a Stable, with Owner Alfred Eccles"); Laverty, C., Pastures & Pastimes: An Exhibition Of Australian Racing, Sporting & Animal Pictures Of The 19th century, Victorian Ministry of the Arts, Melbourne, 1983, cat. 71, p. 62 (as "Le Var, Winner of Major West Australian Races")
• Estimate:
  A$12,000 - 18,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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