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:
The 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
Private company collection, Melbourne
Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 6 December 2007, lot 251
The Estate of Barbara Heine, Victoria

Exhibited:
The 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
Middleton, M., The Art of H. Septimus Power, Rigby, Adelaide, 1974, p.4

Estimate: $90000 - 120000

Result Hammer: $75000