Lot 46

Work is in very good condition for age. Slight discolouration of paper is detected (mainly in the sky area) running across the top edge of the work. Work sits slightly loose from frame and glass. Framed with overall size: 80.5 x 100cm.


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Christies, Sydney, 6 June 1976, lot 288
The Collection of Mr. Kenneth. R. Stewart
The Collection of Consolidated Press Holdings, Melbourne (The H. W. B. Chester Memorial Collection)
The Collection of Dr. J. L. Raven
Sotheby's, Fine Australian Paintings including the Dr. John L. Raven Collection, Melbourne, 17 April 1989, lot 343
Private collection, Western Australia

Conrad Martens Centenary Exhibition, S. H. Ervin Museum and Art Gallery, Sydney, 24 May-23 July 1978, cat. no. 10
Conrad Martens - The H. W. B. Chester Memorial Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 December 1979-10 February 1980, cat. no. 5 (illus.)

In 1835 Martens began sketching around the islands of Tahiti and Moorea. He was particularly inspired by the unfamiliar landscape with lush flora. It is thought that Martens paid one of the locals to ferry him between the two islands. Many of the sketches he produced on this trip progressed into later watercolours and and oil painting.

RELATED WORK:
Conrad Martens, View on the South Side of Moorea 1835, pencil on paper, from Sketchbook I, no. 81, The Collection of Cambridge University Library, Cambridge.