ONE OF OUR NEW ALLIES, JAPAN, c.1901 – 02

The Estate of the late James O. Fairfax AC - 30 August 2017 | Sydney

Lot 54

Mortimer Menpes

(1855 – 1938)

ONE OF OUR NEW ALLIES, JAPAN, c.1901 – 02

gouache and pencil on board

41.0 x 32.5 cm

Estimate:

$10,000 – 15,000

Lot sold: $26,840 (inc. BP)

Lot Details

Description

Mortimer Menpes

(1855 – 1938)

ONE OF OUR NEW ALLIES, JAPAN, c.1901 – 02

gouache and pencil on board

41.0 x 32.5 cm

signed lower right: Mortimer Menpes

Provenance

Private collection
Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne
The Estate of the late James O. Fairfax AC, New South Wales, acquired from the above in 1991

Exhibited

Original Paintings Executed for Japan, World Pictures, Durbar, War Impressions and World’s Children, A. & C. Black, London, November 1903, cat. 58
The World of Mortimer Menpes: Painter, Etcher, Raconteur, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 13 June – 7 September 2014

Literature

Menpes, D., World’s Children, Adam and Charles Black, London, 1904, pl. 90, p. 218 (illus.)
Robinson, J., The World of Mortimer Menpes: Painter, Etcher, Raconteur, exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2014, pp. 170, 171 (illus.), 172, 198