ARTHUR STREETON
1867-1943
The Pool of Venus (1920)
Estimate $100,000 – $120,000
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY
ARTHUR STREETON
1867-1943
The Pool of Venus (1920)
oil on canvas
signed 'A STREETON' lower right
45.5 x 35.4 cm
- Lot Sold $165,000 (Hammer Price)
- $201,300 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Private Collection, Sydney
Private Collection, Sydney, by descent from the above
Exhibited
Mr. Streeton's Exhibition of Paintings of the Grampian Mountains, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, 1-6 November 1920, no. 15
Land of the Golden Fleece – Arthur Streeton in the Western District, Geelong Gallery, Geelong, 26 February – 13 June 2016, no. 4, illustrated
Literature
Arthur Streeton, The Arthur Streeton Catalogue, Arthur Streeton, Melbourne, 1935, no. 761, 'Pool of Venus, 1921'
Geoffrey Edwards, Geoffrey Smith and Lisa Sullivan, Land of the Golden Fleece – Arthur Streeton in the Western District, Geelong Gallery, Geelong, 2016, pp. 15, 17, 33 (illustrated), 54
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