Study for 'Still Glides the Stream, and Shall For Ever Glide' 1887-88

ARTHUR STREETON (1867-1943)

Study for 'Still Glides the Stream, and Shall For Ever Glide' 1887-88

oil on canvas
77.0 x 127.0 cm

signed, dated and inscribed lower right: STUDY FOR MY PICTURE/ STILL GLIDES THE STREAM - IN/ SYDNEY GALLERY - 1887-1888 -/ - ARTHUR STREETON -

Provenance:

Clune Galleries, Sydney, 1967

Collection of Mr Peter Quinell, 1969

Christie's, Melbourne, 14 March 1974, lot 404

Private collection, Sydney

Christie's, Melbourne, 27 April 1999, lot 110

Private collection, Sydney

Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 5 March 2002, lot 25

Private collection, New South Wales

Exhibited:

Heroic Landscapes - Williams and Streeton, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 20 October - 22 November 1970, cat.2

Reference:

Topliss, H., The Artist's Camp: 'Plein Air' Painting in Australia, Hedley Australia Publications, Melbourne, 1992, pp.83,86 (illus. pl.93)

Related Works:

'Still Glides the Stream, and Shall Forever Glide' 1890, oil on canvas, later mounted on hardboard, 82.6 x 153.0 cm, Art Gallery of New South Wales collection, Sydney, purchased 1890

Sketch for 'Still Glides the Stream, and Shall Forever Glide' 1895, oil on cedar panel, 42.0 x 26.5 cm, Queensland Art Gallery collection, Brisbane, Gift of Lady Trout, 1978

Estimate: $150000 - 200000

Result Hammer: $135000