Bellano 1913

TOM ROBERTS (1856-1931)

Bellano 1913

oil on wood panel
12.0 x 20.0 cm
signed with initials and dated lower right: /13 T.R.
inscribed lower left: Bellano

Provenance:
Gift from the artist to Mr and Mrs Gower, Melbourne
Thence by descent, Hilda Gower, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Walker's Gallery, London, February 1914, cat. 11
Souvenir: Exhibition of Paintings, Atheneum Hall, Melbourne, March 1920, cat. 45
An Exhibition of oil paintings by the late Tom Roberts, Fine Art Society, Melbourne, 19-30 April 1932, cat. 25

Reference:
Roberts, T., Souvenir: Exhibition of Paintings, Atheneum Hall, Melbourne, 1920, p.7 (asBellaggio)
Roberts, T. & Fine Art Society, An Exhibition of oil paintings by the late Tom Roberts, Fine Art Society, Melbourne, 1932
Topliss, H., Tom Roberts 1856-1931: A Catalogue Raisonné, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1985, vol.1, p.185, cat. 440, (illus. vol.2, pl.192)

Estimate: $10000 - 15000

Result Hammer: $9500