A Fox Hunt in the Midlands 1912

H. Septimus Power (1878-1951)

A Fox Hunt in the Midlands 1912

oil on canvas
114.5 x 183.0 cm

signed and dated lower right: H.S. Power 1912

Provenance:

Power Family collection

L.R. Connell, Perth

Trevor Bussell Fine Art, Sydney

Private collection, New South Wales

Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 15 March 2006, lot 24

Company collection, Melbourne

Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 6 December 2007, lot 251

The Estate of Barbara Heine, Victoria

Menzies, Melbourne, 15 December 2010, lot 29

Company collection, Victoria

Exhibited:

Royal Academy, London, 1912, cat.130 Paintings by H. Septimus Power, Guild Hall, Melbourne, 13 - 27 June 1913, cat.2 H. Septimus Power: A Major Retrospective, Trevor Bussell Fine Art Gallery, Sydney, April 1955, cat.1 (cover illus.)

Reference:

'Art Exhibition', Age, Melbourne, 13 June 1913, p.11 'Art in Melbourne: Mr Septimus Power's Pictures, Argus, 13 June 1913, p.6 'An Artist's Return', Register, Adelaide, 4 March 1914, p.7 'A Distinguished Artist', Ballarat Star, 27 October 1922, p.3 Middleton, M., The Art of H. Septimus Power, Rigby, Adelaide, 1974, p.4

Estimate: $90000 - 120000

Result Hammer: $110000