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Lot 449

WILLIAM THOMAS STRUTT (Australian/British/New Zealander, 1825-1915)
Spring Cleaning 1892
oil on canvas
signed lower left: William Strutt
66.5 x 102.5cm

Estimate $65,000 - $85,000

Sold for $32,000

Overall in Excellent Condition
- canvas religned
- patch verso upper right (damage not evident verso with naked eye)
- centre right edge overpainted loss
- centre (gentleman's right arm) overpainted loss / damage


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Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications.


Alfred William Strutt, London, purchased 1892.
Private collection, France.
27th Garden Party Auction, Rouillac, Château d'Artigny, Montbazon, France, 7 June 2015, lot 149.
Private collection, Melbourne.
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Australian & International Fine Art, Sydney, 13 September 2016, lot 46.
Purchased from the above


Japanese Gallery, Bond Street, London 1893.
11th Spring Exhibition, Corporation Art Gallery, Derby, 1894, cat. 27.
Summer Exhibition, Corporation Art Gallery, York, 1895, cat. 559.


Chester, A., 'The Art of Mr. William Strutt', The Windsor Magazine, London, vol. 36, no. 215, November 1912, p. 623 (illus.). Curnow, H., The Life and Art of William Strutt 1825 - 1913, Alister Taylor, Martinborough, New Zealand, 1980, cat. 144, pp. 66, 221 (illus.).

The Collection of the Late John Schaeffer AO

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8381
1:00pm - 25 August 2020
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra

VIEWING
Viewing in Sydney:
Thursday 20 - Monday 24 August, 10am - 4pm

Auction:
Session 1: 1:00pm (Lots 1-254)
Session 2: 6:00pm (Lots 300-517)

CONTACT
Hamish Clark
hamish.clark@leonardjoel.com.au


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