GEORGE LAMBERT Australian, 1873-1930

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 AUD

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Description

George W. Lambert
PORTRAIT OF MAURICE, THE ARTIST'S SON
Bears certificate of authenticity on the reverse signed by Daryl Lindsay, Director of the National Gallery of Victoria
Oil on canvas on board
48.5 by 41.5 cm

Provenance

Collection of the artist

Purchased by Sir Keith Murdoch, Melbourne, from a sale of Lambert's work after his death

Sir Keith Murdoch Collection, Decoration Co., Melbourne, 1953

Private collection, New South Wales

Catalogue Note

Lambert's eldest son, Maurice, was the model for a number of the artist's major paintings, including Holiday in Essex of 1910. A portrait from 1913 is now in the Art Gallery of New South Wales and another, of Maurice as The Half-Back ,1920, is in the Art Gallery of South Australia. This smaller, informal work was once part of a large family group, still unfinished when it was included in Lambert's Memorial Exhibition. A portrait of Lambert's wife Amy and a still life also survive from the original composition.

Maurice Lambert (1901-64) became a successful sculptor.

We are most grateful for assistance in cataloguing this work from Dr Anna Gray of the National Gallery of Australia, who is working towards a major exhibition of George Lambert's art to open in July 2007.