THE SKILLION, TERRIGAL, 1926

Important Fine Art and Aboriginal Art
Sydney
30 November 2016
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ROLAND WAKELIN

(1887 – 1971)
THE SKILLION, TERRIGAL, 1926

oil on canvas on composition board

55.0 x 65.0 cm

Estimate: 
$20,000 – 30,000
Sold for $61,000 (inc. BP) in Auction 46 - 30 November 2016, Sydney
Provenance

A gift from the artist
Grace Cossington Smith, Sydney
A gift from the above to Judith Murray, Sydney in 1975
The Estate of Judith Murray, Sydney

Exhibited

Exhibition of Mr Roland Wakelin’s Work, 1913 – 1930, the residence of Ethel Anderson, Ball Green, Turramurra, 20 – 27 September 1930, cat. 50
Roland Wakelin Centenary Exhibition, Painters Gallery, Sydney, 15 April 1987
Sydney moderns: art for a new world, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 6 July – 7 October 2013

Literature

Walton, L., The Art of Roland Wakelin, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1987, pl. 26, p. 55 (illus.)
Edwards, D., Mimmochi, D., Sydney moderns: art for a new world, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2013, pp. 220 (illus.), 317

Related works

The Skillion, Terrigal, 1926, oil on cardboard, 43.0 x 56.0 cm, formerly the collection of Enid Cambridge, Sydney, illus. in Dundas, D., 'Roland Wakelin – The Painter', Art and Australia, March 1967, p. 282 (illus.) and exhibited Roland Wakelin Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 8 – 30 April 1967; Newcastle City Art Gallery, May 1967, cat. 30