Horse and Rider c1956

IAN FAIRWEATHER (1891-1974)

Horse and Rider c1956

gouache on cardboard on board
51.5 x 37.0 cm
signed with initials lower right: IF

Provenance:
Kym Bonython Gallery, Sydney c1974-75
Private collection, Sydney
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Museum of Modern Art of Australia, Melbourne, 1958, cat.16
Blue Chip XI: The Collectors Exhibition, 3 - 28 March 2009, cat.32 (illus. exhibition catalogue) (label attached verso)

Related Works:
Fairweather produced a number of horse related paintings during 1956-57. (Figure on a Horse) also known as (Merry-go-Round) 1956, gouache on cardboard, 56,3 x 38.0 cm, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, illus. in; Bail, M., Fairweather, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2009, p.132

Estimate: $110000 - 130000

Result Hammer: $90000