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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian + International Fine Art
• Sale Date:
  06 May 2015 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  41
• Lot Description:
  Conrad Martens
  (1801 – 1878)
  Four Works: i) (i) The Lodge A. Jeffries [Sic] Esq. Canterbury House, c1860; Watercolour And Gouache On Paper; 17.5 X 27.0 cm; Signed Lower Left: C. M
  (ii) Canterbury House, The Drive, c1860; Watercolour And Gouache On Paper; 19.5 X 28.5 cm; Signed Lower Right: C. Martens; Bears Artist's Name, Title And Date On Labels Verso
  (iii) Canterbury House, The Seat Of Mr Arthur Jeffries [Sic]: Garden Vista, c1860; Watercolour And Gouache On Paper; 18.5 X 27.5 cm; Bears Artist's Name, Title And Date On Labels Verso
  (iv) St Paul's Canterbury, c1865; Watercolour And Gouache On Paper; 17.0 X 27.0 cm; Signed Lower Right: C. Martens; Bears Artist's Name, Title And Date On Labels Verso
• Provenance:
  Major Frederick Fanning; Thence by descent to the godmother of the following owner's mother and thence by descent; Christie’s, Melbourne, 10–11 April 2006, lot 11; Private collection, Queensland
• Exhibited:
  Converting the Wilderness: The Art of Gardening in Colonial Australia, Australian Tour, October 1979 – June 1980, cat. 56, 57, 58 and 59
• References:
  Converting the Wilderness: The Art of Gardening in Colonial Australia, The Australian Gallery Director's Council, Sydney, 1979, p. 69, pl. 56, 57, 58, 59 (illus.)
• Notes:
  Related Work: View of the House at Canterbury, 1860, watercolour and pencil on paper, 45.7 x 65.7 cm, collection Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales. The following excerpt relating to Conrad Martens’ View of the House at Canterbury 1860 is quoted from Ellis, E., Conrad Martens: Life and Art, State Library of New South Wales Press, Sydney, 1994, pp. 180-181 The Canterbury estate, South Ashfield, was acquired by Robert Campbell of Wharf House in 1803 from William Cox. Arthur Jeffreys (1811-1861) married Sarah, a daughter of Robert and Sophia Campbell. Canterbury House... was built c.1850 by Edmund Blacket for Jeffreys. It was demolished in 1928 by its then owners, the Presbyterian Church, for residential subdivision.
• Estimate:
  A$35,000 - 45,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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