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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  20 Nov 2019 ~ 6.30pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  17
• Lot Description:
  Arthur Streeton
  (1867-1943)
  View from Mt. Toorong (Study for Australia Felix) (1907)
  oil on wood panel
  18.5 x 24.2 cm
  signed 'A STREETON' lower left
  PROVENANCE: Mr John Young, Sydney; An Important Collection of Pictures drawn from the collections of Mr. F.W. Allen and Mr. John Young, James R. Lawson, Sydney, 21 November 1933, lot 77, 'Australian Landscape (A Study for "Australia Felix," the artist's masterpiece is now in the Adelaide Gallery)', (unsold); The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney; Captain Ian Moffat-Pender and Mrs Lorna Moffat-Pender, Melbourne, acquired from the above in September 1942, for £21.0.0; Collection of Australian Pictures including the Mrs. Lorna Moffatt-Pender Collection of Sir Arthur Streeton's Paintings, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 31 August 1962, lot 48, 'Australia Felix', 150 gns; Mr and Mrs K.B. Mason, Adelaide, by 1968; Mr and Mrs T.N. Phillips, Adelaide; Fine Australian & International Art, Mossgreen Auctions, Melbourne, 31 May 2010, lot 6, 'Study for Australia Felix', illustrated; Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
• References:
  Ron Radford, Our Country: Australian Federation Landscapes 1900-1914, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2001, p. 42 (illustrated)
• Notes:
  EXHIBITED: An Exhibition of Pictures by Arthur Streeton Prior to his Return to Europe, Upper Hibernian Hall, Melbourne, 20 April 1907, no. 64, 'View from Mt. Toorong', £12.12.0; A Collection of Pictures Representing Australian and English Artists, The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 1-14 August 1939, no. 26, 'Sketch for "Australia Felix"', 25 gns; Sir Arthur Streeton Exhibition, Adelaide Festival of Arts, John Martin & Co. Limited, Adelaide, 6-23 March 1968, no. 81, 'Australia Felix', (label verso); Exhibition of Past Australian Painters lent from Private South Australian Collections, John Martin & Co. Limited, Adelaide, 8-29 March 1974, lot 108a, 'Sketch for Australia Felix', (label verso); Our Country: Australian Federation Landscapes 1900-1914, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 14 September - 18 November 2001, illustrated
• Estimate:
  A$40,000 - 60,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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