Charles Conder (1868-1909)
The Fortune of War 1888
Estimate: $280000 - 380000
Description
Charles Conder (1868-1909)
The Fortune of War 1888
oil on wood panel
41.0 x 29.0 cm
signed and dated lower left: CHAS CONDER/ 20/5/88
inscribed lower right: THE FORTUNE OF WAR
Provenance:
Painted in Sydney on 20th May, 1888
Possibly Senhor Azavedo, Portugal
The British Association of Merchants, Portugal,
until 1978
Robert Jones Fine Art, United Kingdom,
purchased from the above
Private collection, Victoria
Exhibited:
Possibly Galerie Georges Thomas, Paris, March 1892
Related Works:
All On A Summer's Day, 1888, oil on wood panel, 40.5 x 29.0 cm, Art Gallery of South Australia, collection of M.J.M. Carter Bronte Beach, 1888, oil on paper on cardboard, 22.5 x 33.0 cm, collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Bronte, Queens Birthday, 1888, oil on panel, 10.0 x 17.5 cm, collection of D.R. Sheumack, Sydney Attacked by Natives, 1880, whereabouts unknown
Estimate: $280000 - 380000