W.C. PIGUENIT (1836-1914)
The Flood on the Darling River, New South Wales c1890
Estimate: $90000 - 120000
Sold For:
$90000 hammer
$108000 inc. buyer's premium
Description
W.C. PIGUENIT (1836-1914)
The Flood on the Darling River, New South Wales c1890
oil on canvas
76.5 x 126.0 cm
signed lower left: W.C. Piguenit
Provenance:
William Hedges, Rock Flat Cooma, New South Wales
Thence by descent, private collection
Christie's, Melbourne, 20 August 1996, lot 113
Private collection, Melbourne
Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 31 July 2006, lot 334
Company collection, Melbourne
Exhibited:
W.C. Piguenit 1836-1914 Retrospective, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 16 December 1992 - 14 February 1993, cat.34, touring, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Reference:
Johannes, C.E. & Brown, A.V., W.C. Piguenit 1836-1914 Retrospective, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 1992, pp.30-31, 56 & 104, cat.34 (illus.)
Related Works:
The Flood on the Darling 1890, oil on canvas, 122.5 x 199.3 cm, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Estimate: $90000 - 120000
Result Hammer: $90000
Location
Auction in Sydney, 24 June 2009
Deutscher - Menzies, Australian & International Art, Lots 1 - 98
Lawson - Menzies, Colonial to Contemporary, Lots 99 - 250
Exhibition in Melbourne, 12-15 March 2009
Exhibition in Sydney, 19-24 March 2009