The Plough 1914

J.j. Hilder (1881-1916)

The Plough 1914

watercolour on paper
16.5 x 21.0 cm

signed lower left: JJ HILDER

Provenance:

Collection of Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer, Victoria

Mrs Aileen Rowan, Victoria

Thence by descent, Mr Richard Rowan, Victoria

Thence by descent, private collection, New South Wales

Exhibited:

Sir W. Baldwin Spencer's Collection, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1 December 1916 - 1917, cat.99 (label attached verso)

Loan Collection of Australian Art, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1917 (label attached verso)

Loan Exhibition of Australian Art, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 4 April - 8 July 1918, cat.188

Loan Exhibition of Australian Paintings, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 9 July - 29 August 1925, cat.247 (as Ploughing, label attached verso)

J. J. Hilder Anniversary Exhibition, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 21 April - 15 May 1966; City Hall, Toowoomba, Queensland, 23 May - 29 May 1966; Newcastle Art Gallery, New South Wales, 9 June - 3 July 1966; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 14 July - 3 July 1966; Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Tasmania, 18 August - 11 September 1966; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 22 September - 23 October 1966; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 9 November - 4 December 1966; Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra, 15 December 1966 - 8 January 1967; National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 19 January - 12 February 1967; Western Australian Art Gallery, Perth, 23 February - 19 March 1967, cat.46 (label attached verso)

Reference:

Stevens, B., & Smith, U. (eds.), The Art of J. J. Hilder, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1918 (illus. pl.XVIII)

Hilder, B., The Heritage of J. J. Hilder, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1966, p.112, cat.114

Estimate: $2000 - 3000

Result Hammer: $7000