Merryn Schriever
Managing Director, Australia
Lot 42
Tom Roberts(1856-1931)Putney Bridge, London, c.1905
19 November 2017, 16:00 AEDT
Melbourne, ArmadaleSold for AU$12,200 inc. premium
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Tom Roberts (1856-1931)
Putney Bridge, London, c.1905
inscribed by Caleb Roberts verso: 'Putney Bridge, London, / By Tom Roberts Not thought / much of by him apparently / About 1905 / C.G.R 1956'
oil on canvas laid on board
35.5 x 44.5cm (14 x 17 1/2in).
inscribed by Caleb Roberts verso: 'Putney Bridge, London, / By Tom Roberts Not thought / much of by him apparently / About 1905 / C.G.R 1956'
oil on canvas laid on board
35.5 x 44.5cm (14 x 17 1/2in).
Footnotes
PROVENANCE
Mr Tom Roberts
Mr Caleb Roberts, c.1956 (label attached verso)
Private collection
Christies, Topographical Pictures, London, 4 June 1985, lot 274
Private collection, Melbourne
LITERATURE
Letter to S.W. Pring, 5 October 1905, Mitchell Library, Sydney, ML MSS 1367/2 No.34
Helen Topliss, Tom Roberts 1856-1931, A Catalogue Raisonne, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1985, Vol. 1, p. 175, cat. 385, Vol. 2, Pl. 173 (illus.)
