LLOYD REES (1895-1988)
A Song to Creation - Land 1969
Estimate: $400000 - 500000
Sold For:
$450,000 hammer
Description
LLOYD REES (1895-1988)
A Song to Creation - Land 1969
oil and sand on canvas
96.5 x 127.5 cm
signed and dated lower right: L REES/ 69
signed and inscribed verso: L REES/ A SONG TO CREATION - LAND
signed and inscribed on stretcher verso: A SONG TO CREATION L. REES
Provenance:
Artarmon Galleries, Sydney (label attached verso)
Mr and Mrs Denis Ryan, Sydney
Mossgreen Auctions, Melbourne, 13 November 2007, lot 6
Private collection, Sydney
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 25 March 2009, lot 42
Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited:
Lloyd Rees Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2 October - 2 November 1969, cat.99, touring to the State Galleries in Brisbane, Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide and Perth, and the Newcastle Regional Art Gallery during 1969 - 70.
Reference:
Colour reproduction published by The Australian, 1969
Free, R., Lloyd Rees, Lansdowne Press, Sydney [1972], 1985, p.90, cat.0266 (illus. p.90, no.50)
Related Works:
One of the three 1969 oil paintings collectively titled Song to Creation and individually called Land, Sea and Sky, all of similar size, and included in the artist's 1969 retrospective exhibition.
Estimate: $400000 - 500000
Result Hammer: $450,000
Location
SYDNEY VIEWING:-
1 – 4 SEPTEMBER
Menzies Gallery
12 Todman Avenue, Kensington, NSW 2033
02 8344 5404
Thursday 1 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Friday 2 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Saturday 3 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Sunday 4 Sept. 1pm – 6pm
MELBOURNE VIEWING:-
8 – 13 SEPTEMBER
Menzies Gallery
1 Darling Street, South Yarra, VIC 3141
03 9832 8700
Thursday 8 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Friday 9 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Saturday 10 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Sunday 11 Sept. 1pm – 6pm
Monday 12 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Tuesday 13 Sept. 11am – 6pm