Sydney - The Source 1973

Lloyd Rees (1895-1988)

Sydney - The Source 1973

oil on canvas
97.0 x 168.0 cm

signed and dated lower right: L. Rees 73

Provenance:

Macquarie Galleries, Sydney

Christopher Davis, Sydney

James Erskine, Sydney

Patrick Corrigan, Sydney

Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 20 April 2010, lot 85

Private collection, Sydney

Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 14 May 2013, lot 20

The Collection of Millie Phillips, Sydney

Thence by descent, private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:

Tuscany and Burgundy as Seen by Lloyd Rees, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 19 June - 1 July 1974, cat.1

Lloyd Rees: A Tribute to Sydney, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 19 January - 12 February 1979, cat.1

Autumn Exhibition 1989, Peter Gant Fine Art, Melbourne, 17 May - 17 June 1989, cat.18

On loan to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (label attached verso)

Destination Sydney, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney, 5 December 2015 - 14 February 2016

Reference:

McGrath, S., 'Midwinter Respite', The Australian, 29 June 1974, p.23

Borlase, N., 'Arduous but so Rewarding', The Bulletin, Sydney, 29 June 1974

O'Brien, G., 'Painter Fulfils a Pledge', The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 19 January 1979, p.2

Free, R., Lloyd Rees: The Later Works, The Craftsman's Press, Sydney, 1983, pp.130, 167 (illus. p.131)

Free, R. & Rees, L., Lloyd Rees: An Artist Remembers, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1987, p.116 (illus.)

Free, R. & Rees, L., The Last Twenty Years, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1990, pp.130, 175 (illus. p.131)

Klepac, L., Destination Sydney, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Mosman Art Gallery and the S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney in association with The Beagle Press, Sydney, 2015, p.120 (illus. p.31)

Estimate: $500000 - 600000

Result Hammer: $460000