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Lot 11
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ARTHUR STREETON Australian, 1867-1943

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 AUD
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Description

  • Arthur Streeton
  • PALE YELLOW ROSES
  • Signed lower left; bears inscription 'Golden Emblem 30 gns' on stretcher on the reverse
  • Oil on canvas
  • 44 by 34 cm

Provenance

Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne

Collection of Ted Lustig, Melbourne

Exhibited

Spring Exhibition 1975, Recent Acquisitions, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 14 - 30 October 1975, cat. 23, illus.

Literature

Possibly The Arthur Streeton Catalogue, Arthur Streeton, Melbourne, 1935, cat. 927 as 'Roses', 1926, 18 by 14 inches

Catalogue Note

Arthur Streeton loved roses. This delicate still life of pale yellow roses in a glass vase is one of the many paintings by Streeton depicting his favourite flower. As he grew older, he travelled less and found his subject matter in his more immediate surroundings. He spent many hours tending the rose bushes at his home in Grange Road, Toorak, and in December 1929 he published an article, 'Roses: A delight for Everyone', in The Argus.1 When he was not tending the rose bushes, he was often in his studio painting the blooms.

Streeton painted a number of varieties of yellow rose. One that he especially admired was the vigorous climber 'Mermaid', with its single blooms 'like saucers of pale primrose'.2 Another was the tea rose 'Golden Emblem', which he painted several times. Although there is an old pencil inscription 'Golden Emblem' on the back of this painting, that variety usually appears darker than the soft shade of yellow seen in the present work and the artist's grandson, Oliver Streeton, believes that it is a misidentification. We are most grateful for his assistance in cataloguing this work.

1. The Argus, 7 December 1929.

2. Streeton, A., 'On gardening - a reverie', The Argus, January 1934.