Amiens Cathedral 1912

Lloyd Rees (1895-1988)

Amiens Cathedral 1912

pen and ink on paper
19.5 x 12.0 cm
signed and dated lower centre: L. REES/ 1912

inscribed lower right: AMIENS/ CATHEDRAL

Provenance:
Gift from the artist to Mr Peter Smith Templeton, Brisbane

Thence by descent, private collection, Sydney

Estate of the above

Exhibited:
Lloyd Rees Drawings: Centenary Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 9 March - 14 May 1995; Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales, 9 June - 16 July 1995; Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria, 1 September - 15 October 1995; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 4 November 1995 - 1 January 1996; Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Tasmania, 24 January - 11 March 1996, cat.2 (label attached verso)

Reference:
Free, R., Lloyd Rees, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1979, cat.D15 (dated 1915)

Kolenberg, H., Lloyd Rees Drawings: Centenary Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales in association with The Beagle Press, Sydney, 1995, p.23, cat.2 (illus. p.22)

Estimate: $3000 - 5000

Result Hammer: $7500