LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on board

Measurements:

7.28 in. (18.50 cm.) (height) by 9.45 in. (24.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed lower right: A. STREETON

Exhibited:

An Exhibition of Pictures by Arthur Streeton Prior to his Return to Europe , Upper Hibernian Hall, Melbourne, 20 April 1907, cat.37 (illus. exhibition catalogue, erroneously captioned as cat.36 A Kentish Pastoral ). Sir W. Baldwin Spencer's Collection , National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1 December 1916 - 1917, cat.10. The Baldwin Spencer Collection of Australian Pictures & Works of Art , The Fine Art Society's Galleries, Melbourne, 12 - 17 May 1919, cat.29. Loan Exhibition of Australian Paintings , National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 9 July - 29 August 1925, cat.32.

Literature:

'Mr Streeton's Work,' The Argus , Melbourne, 27 April 1907, p.21. 'An Art Exhibition,' The Australasian , Melbourne, 27 April 1907, p.43. Lindsay, L., 'Arthur Streeton's Place in Australian Art,' Art in Australia , 1917, no.2, p.27 (illus. p.29). Streeton, A., The Arthur Streeton Catalogue , Arthur Streeton, Melbourne, 1935, cat.276 (as Harvest in Kent ).

Provenance:

Collection of Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer, Victoria. Mrs Aileen Rowan, Victoria. Thence by descent, Mr Richard Rowan, Victoria. Thence by descent, private collection, New South Wales.