Lot 19
Mount Macedon c.1910
oil on canvas
signed lower right: F. McCubbin
50 x 75cm
Estimate $80,000 - $120,000
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 22 November 1999, lot 67
Private collection, Melbourne
Christies, Melbourne, 6 May 2003, lot 93
Private collection, Western Australia
This painting is believed to depict the garden at the McCubbin family house in Mount Macedon named 'Fontainebleau'. This property contained an old neglected orchard that was used by McCubbin's students from the National Gallery as a summer camp.
A Private Collection of Important Australian Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8793
6:00pm - 25 August 2025
Hawthorn
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