Roses 1919

TOM ROBERTS (1856-1931)

Roses 1919

oil on canvas
62.0 x 69.5 cm
signed and dated lower right: Tom Roberts '19

Provenance:
Mr. Alexander MacNeil, Melbourne,1920
Thence by descent, private collection, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 10 November 1998, lot 230
Private collection, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, March 1920

Reference:
Athenaeum Hall (exhibition catalogue), Melbourne, March 1920, no.1, (illus. front cover)
Spate, V., Tom Roberts (MS catalogue of Tom Roberts's works, MA thesis), Melbourne University, 1964, no.273
Topliss, H., Tom Roberts 1856 - 1931. A Catalogue Raisonné, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1985, vol.I, p.195, cat.496, (illus. vol.II, pl.205, cat.496)

Estimate: $40000 - 50000

Result Hammer: $38000