EUGENE VON GU\xC9RARD (1811-1901)
Creek at the Foot of Mount Kosciuszko 1883
Estimate: $100000 - 160000
Description
EUGENE VON GU\xC9RARD (1811-1901)
Creek at the Foot of Mount Kosciuszko 1883
oil on academy board
42.0 x 32.0 cm
signed with initials and dated lower left: E.v.G./ D.83
Provenance:
Alexander Fletcher, Melbourne, 1884
Thomas Shaw, 'Wooriwyrite', Mortlake, Victoria
Thence by descent, private collection
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 26 April 1999, lot 130
Private collection, Sydney
Exhibited:
Victorians' Jubilee Exhibition, Alexander Fletcher's Gallery, Melbourne, 1884, cat.324 (lent by Thomas Shaw)
Reference:
Letter from von Guerard to James Smith, 24 May 1884, James Smith Papers, Mitchell Library, Sydney
Bruce, C., Comstock, E. & McDonald, F., Eugene von Gu\xE9rard, 1811-1901: a German Romantic in the Antipodes, Alister Taylor, Sydney, 1982, cat.169
Estimate: $100000 - 160000