Pizzo dei Piani 1913

Tom Roberts (1856-1931)

Pizzo dei Piani 1913

oil on board
32.5 x 42.5 cm

signed and dated lower left: Tom Roberts '13

dated and inscribed lower left: LVCA /13

Provenance:

Mr and Mrs J. P. Williams, Melbourne, 1920

Gift from the above, private collection, Melbourne

Thence by descent, private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:

Exhibition of Paintings by Tom Roberts, Principally Lake Como and the Spluga Pass, Walker's Art Gallery, London, 3 - 14 February 1914, cat.17

Exhibition of Paintings by Tom Roberts, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, 30 March -15 April 1920, cat.18

Past and Present Exhibition, Victorian Artists' Society, Melbourne, August 1954

Reference:

Croll, R., Tom Roberts: Father of Australian Landscape Painting, Robertson & Mullens, Melbourne, 1935, pp.157, 175, 176

Topliss, H., Tom Roberts 1856-1931: A Catalogue Raisonné, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1985, vol.1, p.187, cat.448

Estimate: $20000 - 26000

Result Hammer: $28000