THE RIVER BANK, c.1942 – 44
28
GRACE COSSINGTON SMITH
(1892 – 1984)
THE RIVER BANK, c.1942 – 44
oil on composition board
40.5 x 46.0 cm
signed lower right: G. Cossington Smith
Estimate:
$18,000 – 24,000
Sold for $26,840 (inc. BP) in Auction 58 - 28 August 2019, Sydney
Provenance
possibly: Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Leveson Street Gallery, Melbourne
Ken and Joan Plomley Collection of Modernist Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above in August 1968
Exhibited
possibly: 17th Annual Exhibition of the Contemporary Group, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 3 – 22 June 1942, cat. 28 (as ‘National Reserve, Fuller’s Bridge’)
Related works
The Weir at Fuller’s Bridge, c.1944, oil on pulpboard, 36.5 x 29.5 cm, private collection, illus. in James, B., Grace Cossington Smith, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1990, pl. 79, p. 118