Two Important Private Collections: Modern / Traditional - 8 December 2021 | Melbourne
Lot 43
Conrad Martens
(1801 - 1878)
SYDNEY FROM THE SOUTH HEAD ROAD, NEAR THE LIGHTHOUSE, 1849
watercolour on paper
28.5 x 44.5 cm (sight)
Estimate:
$25,000 – $35,000
Lot sold: $30,682 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Conrad Martens
(1801 - 1878)
SYDNEY FROM THE SOUTH HEAD ROAD, NEAR THE LIGHTHOUSE, 1849
watercolour on paper
28.5 x 44.5 cm (sight)
signed lower left: C. Martens [indistinct]
inscribed verso: ‘Sydney / from the South Head Road, near the lighthouse’
Provenance
Lieutenant Joseph Dayman, Sydney, acquired directly from the artist, on 10 April 1849
Private collection
Theodore Bruce, Adelaide, 12 December 1978, lot 204
Private collection, Adelaide
Sotheby’s Australia, Sydney, 8 May 2012, lot 14
Private collection, Sydney