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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian + International Fine Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  27 Aug 2014 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  71
• Lot Description:
  Conrad Martens
  (1801 – 1878)
  Pape'ete Harbour, Tahiti, 1856
  watercolour on paper
  31.0 x 46.0 cm
  signed, inscribed and dated lower right: C Martens / Sydney 1856; bears inscription lower left: TAHEITA
• Provenance:
  The Maher Family, Sydney; Thence by descent; Private collection, Sydney
• References:
  Lindsay, L., Conrad Martens: The Man And His Art, Angus and Robertson, 1968, pl. 34 (illus., as 'Papeete Harbour, Tahiti', 1835)
• Notes:
  Related Work: Part of Papieti Harbour, Island of Tahiti Feby 27 1835, State Library of New South Wales, call no. PXC 294 f.11. In 1920 a library officer noted that a watercolour based on this drawing was in the possession of Mrs Odillo Maher.
• Estimate:
  A$8,000 - 12,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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