H. Septimus Power (1878-1951)
A Fox Hunt in the Midlands 1912
Estimate: $90000 - 120000
Sold For:
$110000 hammer
Description
H. Septimus Power (1878-1951)
A Fox Hunt in the Midlands 1912
oil on canvas
114.5 x 183.0 cm
signed and dated lower right: H.S. Power 1912
Provenance:
Power Family collection
L.R. Connell, Perth
Trevor Bussell Fine Art, Sydney
Private collection, New South Wales
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 15 March 2006, lot 24
Company collection, Melbourne
Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 6 December 2007, lot 251
The Estate of Barbara Heine, Victoria
Menzies, Melbourne, 15 December 2010, lot 29
Company collection, Victoria
Exhibited:
Royal Academy, London, 1912, cat.130 Paintings by H. Septimus Power, Guild Hall, Melbourne, 13 - 27 June 1913, cat.2 H. Septimus Power: A Major Retrospective, Trevor Bussell Fine Art Gallery, Sydney, April 1955, cat.1 (cover illus.)
Reference:
'Art Exhibition', Age, Melbourne, 13 June 1913, p.11 'Art in Melbourne: Mr Septimus Power's Pictures, Argus, 13 June 1913, p.6 'An Artist's Return', Register, Adelaide, 4 March 1914, p.7 'A Distinguished Artist', Ballarat Star, 27 October 1922, p.3 Middleton, M., The Art of H. Septimus Power, Rigby, Adelaide, 1974, p.4
Estimate: $90000 - 120000
Result Hammer: $110000