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Important Australian + International Fine Art - 22 November 2023  |  Sydney

Lot 58
Arthur Streeton
(1867 - 1943)
THE ROYAL BARGE AT ETON, 1903

watercolour and pencil on paper

36.5 x 53.0 cm



Estimate:
AU$15,000 – $20,000


Lot sold: $27,000 (inc. BP)


Lot Details

Description

Arthur Streeton
(1867 - 1943)
THE ROYAL BARGE AT ETON, 1903

watercolour and pencil on paper

36.5 x 53.0 cm

signed and dated lower left: Arthur Streeton / 1903
bears inscription on gallery label verso: THE ROYAL BARGE AT ETON / SIR ARTHUR STREETON / 1903.

Provenance

Sir Baldwin Spencer, Melbourne, by 1907
P & D Colnaghi & Co Ltd, London, by 1940 (label attached verso)
Private collection
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 25 November 2009, lot 33 (as 'The Kings Barge at Eton')
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

An Exhibition of Pictures by Arthur Streeton Prior to his return to Europe, Hibernian Hall, 20 – 27 April 1907, cat. 52
Sir W. Baldwin Spencer’s Collection, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1 December 1916, cat. 29 (as ‘Royal Barge at Eton’)
Loan Exhibition of Australian paintings, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 9 July - 29 August 1925, cat. 43 (label attached verso, as 'The King's Barge at Eton')