Kent Harvest (also known as Harvest in Kent) 1905

ARTHUR STREETON (1867-1943)

Kent Harvest (also known as Harvest in Kent) 1905

oil on board
18.5 x 24.0 cm

signed lower left: A. STREETON 

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:

An Exhibition of Pictures by Arthur Streeton Prior to his Return to Europe, Upper Hibernian Hall, Melbourne, 20 April 1907, cat.37 (illus. exhibition catalogue, erroneously captioned as cat.36 A Kentish Pastoral)

Sir W. Baldwin Spencer's Collection, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1 December 1916 - 1917, cat.10

The Baldwin Spencer Collection of Australian Pictures & Works of Art, The Fine Art Society's Galleries, Melbourne, 12 - 17 May 1919, cat.29

Loan Exhibition of Australian Paintings, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 9 July - 29 August 1925, cat.32

Reference:

'Mr Streeton's Work,' The Argus, Melbourne, 27 April 1907, p.21

'An Art Exhibition,' The Australasian, Melbourne, 27 April 1907, p.43

Lindsay, L., 'Arthur Streeton's Place in Australian Art,' Art in Australia, 1917, no.2, p.27 (illus. p.29)

Ure Smith, S., Stevens, B. & Lloyd Jones, C., The Art of Arthur Streeton, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1919 (illus. pl.XXXV)

Streeton, A., The Arthur Streeton Catalogue, Arthur Streeton, Melbourne, 1935, cat.276 (as Harvest in Kent)

Estimate: $18000 - 24000

Result Hammer: $60000