ARTHUR STREETON
1867-1943
'And the Sunlight Clasps the Earth' 1895
Estimate $250,000 – $350,000
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MRS VIOLET SPRY, MELBOURNE
ARTHUR STREETON
1867-1943
'And the Sunlight Clasps the Earth' 1895
oil on wood panel
signed and dated 'A StrEEton 95' lower right
43.2 x 26.8 cm
- Lot Sold $565,000 (Hammer Price)
- $689,300 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
(Probably) Mr Leonard Dodds, Sydney, acquired by December 1896
(Probably) Mr. Leonard Dodds' Collection of Valuable Pictures, James R. Lawson, Sydney, 31 January 1922, lot 64, 'Heidelberg. Victoria'
(Probably) F. Thatcher, acquired from the above
Mr Henry Spry, Melbourne
Mrs Violet Spry, Melbourne
Private Collection, Hobart, by descent from the above
Exhibited
(Probably) Streeton's Sydney Sunshine Exhibition, 88 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 30 November 1896, no. 16, 'And the Sunlight Clasps the Earth', (Lent)
Literature
(Probably) The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 1 February 1922, p. 10
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Geoffrey SmithChairman Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Geoffrey Smith |
Gary SingerChief Executive Officer Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Gary Singer |
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Fiona HaywardSenior Specialist Australian & International Art |
Brett BallardSenior Specialist Australian & International ArtSydney T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Brett Ballard |
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