Past Catalogue | NOVEMBER 2020 AUCTION | Date: 19 November, 2020

Lots 1 – 9, Property from the Estate of a distinguished private collector, Melbourne

Lot 9

Sea c1920s

oil on plywood

12.5 x 20.5 cm

signed with initials lower left: TR
bears date lower left: 89

Provenance:

Lawsons, Sydney, c1948
Grosvenor Gallery, Sydney, 1950
Mr Ralph Smith, Sydney
Thence by descent, private collection, Sydney
Private collection, Melbourne
Estate of the above

Literature:

(possibly) 'Mr. Tom Roberts's Paintings,' The Australasian, Melbourne, 20 September 1924, p.46 (as Blue Pacific)
Topliss, H., Tom Roberts: A Catalogue Raisonné, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1985, vol.1, p.214, cat.628 (illus. vol.2, pl.234)

Exhibited:

(possibly) An Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Tom Roberts, The Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, 17 - 29 September 1924, cat.24 (as Blue Pacific, 12 gns)

Estimate

A$20,000

A$30,000

Hammer Price + BP A$24,545.45

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