FREDERICK McCUBBIN (1855-1917)
The Mountain Cottage 1915
Estimate: $700000 - 900000
Sold For:
$700000 hammer
Description
FREDERICK McCUBBIN (1855-1917)
The Mountain Cottage 1915
oil on canvas
75.5 x 91.0 cm
signed and dated lower right: F. McCubbin/ 1915
inscribed verso: A MOUNTAIN COTTAGE F McCubbin
Provenance:
Purchased from the artist by William Cuming
Thence by descent, private collection
Trevor Bussell, Sydney
Christie's, Melbourne, 16 September 1991, lot 147
Private collection, Sydney
Exhibited:
The Art of Frederick McCubbin, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 18 December 1991 - 25 February 1992; touring to Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 16 April - 1 June; Art Gallery of South Australia, 26 June - 9 August; Art Gallery of New South Wales, 31 August - 11 October; Queensland Art Gallery, 28 October - 6 December 1992
Reference:
MacDonald, J., The Art of Frederick McCubbin, Lothian Book Co., Melbourne, 1916, pl.xlii
Mackenzie, A., Frederick McCubbin 'The Proff' and his Art', Mannagum Press, Victoria, 1990, p.112
Whitelaw, B., The Art of Frederick McCubbin, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1991, cat.51, pp.122-23, 135 (illus. p.123)
Related Works:
The Artist's Studio, Macedon, oil on canvas, 36.0 x 51.0 cm, illus in. Galbally, A., Frederick McCubbin, Hutchinson Group, Melbourne, 1981, pl.22, p.105
Estimate: $700000 - 900000
Result Hammer: $700000