LOT DETAILS

Materials:

watercolor, gouache, pen and ink on paper

Measurements:

20.47 in. (52.00 cm.) (height) by 24.02 in. (61.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Purves-Smith 1949' lower left. Lady Casey, Melbourne (label verso); Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne label verso

Exhibited:

Homage to Peter Purves-Smith, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 12-28 July 1976, no. 42, illustrated. Annual Collectors' Exhibition 1999, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 5 June - 3 July 1999, no. 62, illustrated (label verso)

Provenance:

Private Collection, Sydney, by descent from the above. Fine Art Auction, Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 16 June 2004, lot 59, illustrated. Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above Institution, acquired from the above