Arthur Streeton
Australian Melba'S Country
Estimate: 90.000 - 120.000 AUD
Price realised: 312.000 AUD
Price realised: 312.000 AUD
Description
Arthur Streeton
1867 - 1943
AUSTRALIANMELBA'S COUNTRY
Signed and dated A. STREETON 36 (lower left)
Oil on canvas
62 by 75cm
David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney | R. Cobden, Sydney | Grosvenor Galleries, Sydney | The late Dr and Mrs D. R. Sheumack, Sydney; purchased from the above in 1956; thence by descent
1867 - 1943
AUSTRALIANMELBA'S COUNTRY
Signed and dated A. STREETON 36 (lower left)
Oil on canvas
62 by 75cm
David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney | R. Cobden, Sydney | Grosvenor Galleries, Sydney | The late Dr and Mrs D. R. Sheumack, Sydney; purchased from the above in 1956; thence by descent
A top price for Arthur Streeton
This artwork by Arthur Streeton achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in Melbourne in November 2009. In the Important Australian Art auction, the work Australian Melba'S Country sold for AUD 312,000.00 (€ 190,250.50) - well above the upper estimate of AUD 120,000.00. This high result makes Australian Melba'S Country the most expensive artwork by Arthur Streeton that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Arthur Streeton
Dieses Kunstwerk von Arthur Streeton erzielte im November 2009 bei Sothebys in Melbourne einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Important Australian Art wurde die Arbeit Australian Melba'S Country für AUD 312.000,00 (€ 190.250,50) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von AUD 120.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Australian Melba'S Country zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Arthur Streeton, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Arthur Streeton - Auction history
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