Portrait of the Artist's Son, Caleb c1905

Tom Roberts (1856-1931)

Portrait of the Artist's Son, Caleb c1905

oil on canvas on board
91.5 x 61.0 cm

Provenance:

Collection of the artist Thence by descent, Caleb Roberts Mrs. Joshua McClelland, Melbourne Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1960 (accession no. 824, label attached verso) Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 10 March 2004, lot 63 Private collection, Sydney, 2004 Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:

Townsville Art Gallery, Queensland, 1969 Rockhampton Art Gallery, Queensland, 1971-72

Reference:

Tom Roberts letter to S. W. Pring, 8 February 1905, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, MSS 1367/2 Spate, V., Tom Roberts, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1972, p.150 (catalogued as painted in 1908) Topliss, H., Tom Roberts 1856-1931: A Catalogue Raisonné, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1985, 2 vols.; vol.1, p.177, cat.395 (illus. vol.2, plate 177)

Related Works:

Sketch of Caleb Roberts, c1905, oil on wood panel, 34.5 x 29.5 cm, private collection, illus. in Topliss, H., Tom Roberts 1856-1931: A Catalogue Raisonné, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1985, 2 vols.; vol.1, p.177, cat.395a

Estimate: $50000 - 70000

Result Hammer: $44000