Study for Still Glides the Stream 1887-88

ARTHUR STREETON (1867-1943)

Study for Still Glides the Stream 1887-88

oil on canvas
77.0 x 127.0 cm
signed, dated and inscribed lower right: STUDY FOR MY PICTURE/ STILL GLIDES THE STREAM - IN/ SYDNEY GALLERY - 1887-1888 -/ - ARTHUR STREETON -

Provenance:
Clune Galleries, Sydney, 1967
Peter Quinell Collection, 1969
Christie's, Melbourne, 14 March 1974, lot 404
Private collection, Sydney
Christie's, Melbourne, 27 April 1999, lot 110
Private collection, Sydney
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 5 March 2002, lot 25
Private collection, New South Wales
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
Heroic Landscapes - Williams and Streeton, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 20 October - 22 November 1970, cat.2

Reference:
Topliss, H., The Artist's Camp: 'Plein Air' Painting in Australia, Hedley Australia Publications, Melbourne, 1992, pp.83,86 (illus. pl.93)

Related Works:
Still Glides the Stream and Shall Forever Glide, 1890, oil on canvas, 82.0 x 153.0 cm, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Tree Study for 'Still Glides the Stream', pencil on paper, sketchbook in the collection of the Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
Sketch for 'Still Glides the Stream, and Shall Forever Glide', 1895, oil on cedar panel, 42.0 x 26.5 cm, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane

Estimate: $240000 - 300000