Jebel Shamsan, Aden c1891

Eugene Von Guerard (1811-1901)

Jebel Shamsan, Aden c1891

oil on board
21.5 x 30.5 cm

signed and dated lower right: Eug. v. Guerard/ 31 Mai London

Provenance:

Private collection

Christie's, London, 29 October 1980, lot 232 (as Fishing Vessels off an Island)

Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 1980

Private collection

Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 1 August 1984, lot 178 (as Fishing Boats on a Calm Sea)

Ms Patricia Noel Callander, Victoria

Estate of the above

Menzies, Melbourne, 23 September 2010, lot 72 (as (Red Sea Landscape) c1885)

Private collection, Melbourne

Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 23 February 2012, lot 42 (as (Red Sea Landscape) c1885)

Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:

Eugene von Guérard: Artist-Traveller, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria, 24 March - 27 May 2018 (label attached verso)

Reference:

Bruce, C., Comstock, E. & McDonald, F., Eugene von Guérard 1811-1901: A German Romantic in the Antipodes, Alister Taylor Publishers, New Zealand, 1982, p.280, cat.182 (as Red Sea Landscape c1885; described as an oil on canvas)

Related Works:

Jebel Cherib 1885, oil on cardboard, 30.5 x 47.6 cm, Art Gallery of New South Wales collection, Sydney, Gift of Frank McDonald, 1970

Estimate: $35000 - 45000

Result Hammer: $34000