Isabella 1904

SYDNEY LONG (1871-1955)

Isabella 1904

oil on canvas
153.0 x 107.0 cm
signed lower left: SiD LONG
inscribed on frame verso: Sid Long

Provenance:
John Ondolka, Sydney, 1960s
Colin Parker, Sydney, c1970
F. R. Strange, 1975
F. P. Donohue
Brian Bates, Sydney, c1982
Private collection, Melbourne
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
Royal Art Society of NSW Annual Exhibition, Sydney, 1904, cat.60 (illus.)
Sydney Long Retrospective, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 1979
Loaned to the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, c1985
Melbourne Art Exchange, Melbourne, 1985 (illus., exhibition cover)

It is a condition of the sale of this work that it be made available for the Symbolism Exhibition to be held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in March 2012.

Reference:
All About Australians, October 1904 (illus. p.621)
Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 3 September 1904, p.9
Mendelssohn, J., The Life and Work of Sydney Long, Copperfield, Sydney 1979, no.130, p.234, (illus. pl.19, p.67)
'Isabella Leads Old Troopers', Weekend Review, Sydney, 4 October 1985

Estimate: $100000 - 140000