George W. Lambert (1873-1930)
The Blue-Coat Boy 1918
Estimate: $20000 - 30000
Sold For:
$22000 hammer
Description
George W. Lambert (1873-1930)
The Blue-Coat Boy 1918
oil on board
38.5 x 29.5 cm
signed and dated lower right: GW. LAMBERT 1918
signed and inscribed verso: The Blue Coat Boy/ Leonard Constant Lambert/ by Geo W. Lambert
Provenance:
Sir George Tallis, New South Wales
Mr Alfred Bardsley, Melbourne, by 1935
Thence by descent, private collection, Victoria
Exhibited:
Loan Exhibition of Australian Paintings, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 9 July - 29 August 1925, cat.191 (label attached verso)
Lambert Memorial Exhibition, Anthony Hordern's Fine Art Gallery, Sydney, 25 September - 15 October; Education Department's Art Gallery, Sydney, 26 November - 12 December 1930, cat.136
Reference:
'Lambert Exhibition: Sydney Pays Tribute to Master Painter,' The Herald, Melbourne, 9 December 1930, p.12
Estimate: $20000 - 30000
Result Hammer: $22000