LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

24.13 in. (61.30 cm.) (height) by 48.03 in. (122.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Arthur STREETON . 1907 .' lower left; signed and inscribed 'Arthur Streeton / Murcott / Mosman Street / Mosman' verso; John Thallon, Melbourne frame label verso; 'Sir W. Baldwin Spencer's Collection, National Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1 December 1916 - 1917, no. 7' label verso; 'National Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, October 1919 ' label verso

Condition:

original John Thallon, Melbourne frame

Exhibited:

Annual Exhibition, Victorian Artists' Society, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, 14 July 1908, no. 7; Baldwin Spencer Loan Collection, Prahran Town Hall, Melbourne, 20 December 1911 - 1912, no. 2; Sir W. Baldwin Spencer's Collection, National Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1 December 1916 - 1917, no. 7; Loan Exhibition of Australian Art, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 4 April 1918, no. 17; National Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, October 1919 ; Centenary Art Exhibition, Commonwealth Bank Chambers, Melbourne, 8 October 1934, no. 29; Arthur Streeton and the Australian Coast, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 11 December 2004 - 6 March 2005, no. 32

Literature:

Herbert Woodhouse, 'Form and Colour in Albert Street', Table Talk, Melbourne, 16 July 1908, p. 8; G. Burn, 'Victorian Artists' Society', The Gadfly, Adelaide, 22 July 1908, p. 4; The Lone Hand, Sydney, October 1908, p. 636; Sydney Ure Smith, Bertram Stevens and Charles Lloyd Jones (eds), Art in Australia, Angus & Roberston, Sydney, vol. 1, no. 2, 1917, (p. 17) (illustrated); The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 4 April 1918, p. 6; 'Australian Art', The Sydney Stock and Station Journal, Sydney, 12 April 1918, p. 2; Charles Lloyd Jones, Bertram Stevens and Sydney Ure Smith (eds), The Art of Arthur Streeton, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1919, plate XIX, 'Sydney Harbour Across Cremorne'; 'Australian Pictures. The Spencer Collection', The Argus, Melbourne, 3 May 1919, p. 9; 'The Baldwin Spencer Art Sale', The Age, 13 May 1919, p. 9; The Advertiser, Adelaide, 3 October 1919, p. 7; The Register, Adelaide, 3 October 1919, p. 6; William Moore, The Story of Australian Art, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1934, vol. 2, p. 31, 'Sydney Harbour Across Cremorne'; Arthur Streeton, The Arthur Streeton Catalogue, Arthur Streeton, Melbourne, 1935, cat. no. 309; Ann Galbally, Arthur Streeton, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1969, cat. no. 129, 'Sydney Harbour from Cremorne'; Ann Galbally and Anne Gray (eds), Letters from Smike: The Letters of Arthur Streeton 1890-1943, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1989, p. 159; Geoffrey Smith, Arthur Streeton and the Australian Coast, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 2004, pp. 24, 39

Provenance:

Sir Water Baldwin Spencer, Melbourne, acquired directly from the artist in September 1907 for £75; The Baldwin Spencer Collection of Australian Pictures and Works of Art, Fine Art Society, Melbourne, 19 May 1919, lot 37, 'Sydney Harbour, across Cremorne', illustrated; Mr Thomas Elder Barr Smith, Adelaide, acquired from the above for 500 gns; Private Collection, by descent from the above; Australian Paintings, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 24 June 1976, lot 308, 'Sydney Harbour, across Cremorne', illustrated; Mr Brian Moore, Melbourne, acquired from the above; Australian and International Paintings, Christie's Australia, Sydney, 17 August 1999, lot 41, illustrated; Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above