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WILLIAM C. PIGUENIT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 AUD
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Description
- W. C. Piguenit
- MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE
- Oil on canvas on board
- 19.4 by 30cm
Provenance
Overell Family, Hobart
Estate sale 'Hollybrook House', Hobart, circa 1964
George Prince, Hobart; thence by descent
Estate sale 'Hollybrook House', Hobart, circa 1964
George Prince, Hobart; thence by descent
Condition
Good condition.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
W C Piguenit is a masterly painter of water: as river and ocean, mist and cloud. This facility is evident in the Tasmanian mountain landscapes he painted from survey expeditions in the 1870s and 1880s, in views of the Grose River valley painted on Eccleston Du Faur's artists' camp in 1875, in spectacular panoramas of the 1890 Darling River floods and in his late seascapes and coastal views. The present work, with its drifting cloud and marshy foreground, is a fine example of the artist's wet wilderness. Both the romantic atmosphere and the geological instructive array of basalt columns suggest that it is possibly a study for and definitely related to the major painting A Mountain Top, Tasmania (circa 1886, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery).