Pastoral 1904

Frederick Mccubbin (1855-1917)

Pastoral 1904

oil on canvas
107.0 x 66.5 cm

signed and dated lower left: F McCubbin/ 1904

Provenance:

The Estate of the Late Emma Resch, Melbourne

Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 19 September 1971,

lot 40 (as Sheep in Landscape)

Private collection, Melbourne

Thence by descent, private collection,

Melbourne

Exhibited:

Mr. Fred McCubbin's Exhibition of Australian Paintings, Athenaeum Upper Hall, Melbourne, 22 April 1904, cat.7 On long-term loan to the Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, 2010-2016

Related Works:

Childhood Fancies 1905, oil on canvas, 69.0 x 138.5 cm; sold Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 12 September 2007, lot 37, $1,920,000 (including buyer's premium), private collection Violet and Gold 1911, oil on canvas, 87.0 x 144.5 cm; sold Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 5 December 2007, lot 32, $1,320,000 (including buyer's premium), National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra Evening in the Bush 1911, oil on canvas, 92.0 x 153.0 cm, sold Sotheby's, The Foster's Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, 23 May 2005, lot 20, $875,500 (including buyer's premium), illus. in Whitelaw, B., The Art of Frederick McCubbin, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1991 (illus. p.104) Looking North From Mount Macedon 1906, oil on canvas, 62.0 x 123.0 cm, sold Menzies, Sydney, 21 March 2013, lot 40, $552,200 (including buyer's premium), private collection The Sheltered Pool c1911, oil on canvas, 50.0 x 61.0 cm, sold Menzies, Sydney, 22 March 2012, lot 59, $134,727 (including buyer's premium) Hauling Rails for a Fence, Mount Macedon 1910, oil on canvas, 71.5 x 101.5 cm, National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra, illus. in Whitelaw, B., The Art of Frederick McCubbin, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1991 (illus. p.98) Hauling Timber, Macedon Heights 1911, oil on canvas, 79.0 x 140.0 cm, private collection, illus. in Whitelaw, B., The Art of Frederick McCubbin, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1991 (illus. p.102)

Estimate: $500000 - 700000

Result Hammer: $500000