TREES, RIVER AND MOUNTAINS, c.1886 – 87
JOHN PETER RUSSELL
oil on wood panel
28.5 x 22.5 cm (irregular)
signed lower left: J. RUSSELL
Dr Guy Jouve Moncontour, Brittany, France, by 1978
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Victoria, acquired from the above in April 1979
John Peter Russell: Australian Impressionist, Rijksmuseum Vincent Van Gogh, Amsterdam, 10 January – 12 February 1978; University Art Museum, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 25 February – 19 March 1978; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 30 March – 6 May 1978; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 May – 26 June 1978, cat. 6 (label attached verso)
Autumn Exhibition, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 5 – 20 April 1979, cat. 43 (illus. in exhibition catalogue, as ‘Trees, river with mountains in background’)
Galbally, A., The Art of John Peter Russell, Sun Books, Melbourne, 1977, cat. 42, p. 99 (as ‘Untitled (Trees, River with Mountains in Background)’)