The Cloud 1925

Tom Roberts (1856-1931)

The Cloud 1925

oil on plywood
35.5 x 45.0 cm

signed and dated lower left: Tom Roberts/ 25

Provenance:

(probably) Royal Art Society of New South Wales, Sydney, 1925

Private collection

Gift from the above, private collection, Sydney

Thence by descent, private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:

(probably) Royal Art Society of New South Wales, 46th Annual Exhibition, Department of Public Instruction, Sydney, August 1925, cat.35 (as A Cloud)

Reference:

(probably) 'The Royal Art Society: Annual Exhibition,' The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 7 August 1925, p.4 (as A Cloud Effect)

Topliss, H., Tom Roberts: A Catalogue Raisonné, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1985, vol.1, p.210, cat.599

Estimate: $100000 - 150000

Result Hammer: $120000