Tom Roberts (1856-1931)
Portrait of a Lady (Possibly Lady Hopetoun) c1900
Estimate: $30000 - 40000
Sold For:
$28000 hammer
Description
Tom Roberts (1856-1931)
Portrait of a Lady (Possibly Lady Hopetoun) c1900
pastel on paper
69.5 x 52.0 cm
Provenance:
Private collection
Christie’s, Sydney, 28 April 1976, lot 437 (as Portrait of a Lady)
Collection of Mr S. M. Keon, Melbourne
Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 8 April 1987, lot 1285 (as Portrait of a Lady)
Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 19 August 1991, lot 351 (as Portrait of Lady Hopetoun)
Company collection, Brisbane
Reference:
Croll, R., Tom Roberts: Father of Australian Landscape Painting, Robertson & Mullens, Melbourne, 1935, p.67
Topliss, H., Tom Roberts: A Catalogue Raisonné, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1985, vol.1, p.165, cat.350 (illus. vol.2, pl.154)
Estimate: $30000 - 40000
Result Hammer: $28000