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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, BRISBANE

TOM ROBERTS
1856-1931

With Wistful Eyes (1889)

Estimate $60,000 – $80,000

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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, BRISBANE

TOM ROBERTS

1856-1931
With Wistful Eyes (1889)

oil on wood panel
30.3 x 17.8 cm

  • Lot Sold $130,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $158,600 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

(Probably) Mr W. Challoner, acquired in August 1889
Private Collection
Australian Historical and Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Prints also European Paintings and Prints, Christie's, Melbourne, 20 March 1978, lot 81, 'Head Study of a Young Girl', illustrated
Private Collection, acquired from the above
Australian and European Paintings, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 30 July 1997, lot 210, 'Head Study of a Young Girl', illustrated
Private Collection, Brisbane, acquired from the above

Exhibited

(Probably) The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition, Buxton's Art Gallery, Melbourne, 17 August 1889, no. 103, 2 gns

Literature

(Probably) Table Talk, Melbourne, 30 August 1889, p. 6
Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, August - September 1997, p. 4 (illustrated)

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Important Australian & International Art

AU0792  |  25 Nov 2014  |  Sydney
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