Broken Hill Miners Tar and Feather Strike Breakers 1892 Strike

Sam Byrne (1883-1978)

Broken Hill Miners Tar and Feather Strike Breakers 1892 Strike

oil on board
40.0 x 69.0 cm
signed lower right: Sam Byrne
inscribed lower left: Broken Hill Miners Tar and Feather Strike Breakers 1892 Strike

Provenance:
Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso)
Henry Luce III, since November 1964
Thence by descent, private collection United Kingdom
Christie’s, London, 23 September 2010, lot 41
Savill Galleries, Sydney (label attached verso)

Reference:
Moore, R., Sam Byrne, Folk Painter of the Silver City, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 1985, p. 86.

Estimate: $4000 - 6000

Result Hammer: $7500