The Edge of the Scrub 1923

Horace Trenerry (1899-1958)

The Edge of the Scrub 1923

oil on canvas on board
26.0 x 30.5 cm

signed lower right: H TRENERRY

Provenance:

P. Nation, Adelaide

Thence by descent, George and Dulcie Auchinichie, Sydney

Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:

Horace Trenerry: An Exhibition of Landscape Paintings, Society of Arts Gallery, Adelaide, 5 - 20 June 1924

Fine Art Collectors' Exhibition, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 6 August - 17 September 2016, cat.48 (as On the Edge of the Scrub, label attached verso, stock no.215190)

Land, Rain & Sun, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 3 May - 27 May 2017, cat.8 (as On the Edge of the Scrub)

Reference:

'Young Adelaide Artist - Horace Trenerry's Pictures - Original Expression,' News, Adelaide,

4 June 1924, p.12

'Mr. Horace Trenerry's Work,' The Register, Adelaide, 5 June 1924, p.4

Estimate: $12000 - 18000

Result Hammer: $20000