(i) Mary McCubbin c1893-94

FREDERICK McCUBBIN (1855-1917)

(i) Mary McCubbin c1893-94

oil on canvas
50.5 x 40.0 cm (oval)
inscribed verso: This is to certify that this is a portrait by Fred McCubbin of his eldest daughter, Mary, painted 1892 [indistinct] signed Louis McCubbin 22/5/50

Provenance:
The artist's family, Melbourne
Possibly Sir Keith Murdoch, Melbourne
The Joshua McClelland Print Room, Melbourne, 1953
Mrs Nina Sheppard, Melbourne
Mrs I Charteris, Melbourne
Private collection, Victoria
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 22 August 1994, lot 88
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Frederick McCubbin Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1955, cat.18 (label attached verso), touring to the National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, January - February 1956; the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, March 1956

Reference:
Mangan, K., Autumn Memories: A McCubbin Family Album, Georgian House, Melbourne, 1988, p.33 (illus.)
Mackenzie, A., Frederick McCubbin, 1855-1917: 'The Proff' and his art, Mannagum Press, Melbourne, 1990, pp.86-87 (illus. pl.22)

Related Works:
McCubbin's daughter Kathleen recalled that 'her father produced more than one portrait of Mary' (in Mackenzie, op. cit., p.86)

(ii) Kathleen McCubbin c1908
oil on canvas
50.5 x 40.0 cm (oval)
signed lower left: F McCubbin

Provenance:
The artist's family, Melbourne
Dr and Mrs S F Phipps, Melbourne (exhibition loan label attached verso)
Joshua McClelland Print Room, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Nine Portraits by Frederick McCubbin and Tom Roberts, Joshua McClelland Print Room, Melbourne, 20 - 30 October 1964, cat.1
Collectors' Collections, Melbourne Grammar School, August 1969 (label attached verso)

Reference:
Mackenzie, A., Frederick McCubbin, 1855-1917: 'The Proff' and his art, Mannagum Press, Melbourne, 1990, pp.138-139 (illus.)
Mangan, K., Daisy Chains, War, then Jazz, Hutchinson Publishing Group (Australia) Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1984, (illus. on dust jacket and opposite p.112)

Estimate: $70000 - 90000