PETER PURVES SMITH
1912-1949
French Countryside (1935 or 1936)
PROPERTY FROM AN INSTITUTION
PETER PURVES SMITH
1912-1949
French Countryside (1935 or 1936)
watercolour on paper
38 x 55.8 cm
- Lot Sold $6,000 (Hammer Price)
- $7,320 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Lady Drysdale, Sydney, by descent from the artist
Australian British, New Zealand & European Historical Paintings, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 2 November 1988, lot 234, illustrated
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Institution, acquired from the above
Exhibited
Spring Exhibition 1979, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 17-30 October 1979, no. 119, illustrated
Literature
Mary Eagle, Peter Purves Smith: A Painter in Peace and War, The Beagle Press, Sydney, 2001, pp. 56, 59 (illustrated), 61-62, 189
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