Lot 6
  • 6

John Alfred Arnesby Brown

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 AUD
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Description

  • John Alfred Arnesby Brown
  • CATTLE RESTING
  • Signed Arnesby Brown (lower left); bears artist's name and title on reverse
  • Oil on canvas
  • 40 by 45cm

Provenance

The estate of Will Ashton, Sydney
The late Dr and Mrs D. R. Sheumack, Sydney; purchased from the above in 1963; thence by descent

Exhibited

The D. R. Sheumack Collection of Australian Paintings, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 17 May - 12 June 1983, cat. 10 (as 'Cattle')

Literature

Robyn Christie and Justin Miller, The D. R. Sheumack Collection, Eighty Years of Australian Paintings, Sydney: Sotheby's Australia Pty. Ltd., 1988, pl. 111 (illus.)

Condition

This work is not lined and has the original stretcher. The work is in good stable condition; however, would benefit from a light surface clean.
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