LOT DETAILS

Materials:

watercolor on paper

Measurements:

14.96 in. (38.00 cm.) (height) by 21.97 in. (55.80 cm.) (width)

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

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