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An image of Sunset, Sydney Harbour by Charles Conder
Alternate image of Sunset, Sydney Harbour by Charles Conder

Charles Conder

(England, Australia 24 Oct 1868–09 Feb 1909)

Title
Sunset, Sydney Harbour
Other titles:
Sydney Harbour [possibly]
An Early Sketch [possibly]
Year
(circa 1888)
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on cardboard
Dimensions

20.0 x 12.0cm board; 48.0 x 31.5 x 4.3cm frame:

0 - Whole; 19.9 x 12.2cm; Sight dimensions

Signature & date
Signed l.l. corner, green oil "CONDER". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by the Australian Collection Benefactors' Program 2010
Accession number
202.2010
Location
19th c Australian art
Bibliography (8)

'A new Conder but where was it painted?' by Emma Collerton, pg. 24-25., Look Mar 2011, Mar 2011, 24, 25 (colour illus.).

Bohemians in the bush: the artists' camps of Mosman 1991, 1991, 45, 76. cat.no. 11

Dr Ursula Hoff (England; Australia, b.1909, d.2005) (Author), Charles Conder, Melbourne, 1972, 21, 25 (colour illus.), 99, 100. plate no. 5

Dr Ursula Hoff (England; Australia, b.1909, d.2005) (Author), Charles Conder: 1868-1909, Sydney, 1966. cat.no. 11; titled 'Sunset, Sydney Harbour'; Collection Douglas Watson Esq.

Dr Ursula Hoff (England; Australia, b.1909, d.2005) (Author), Charles Conder - his Australian years, Melbourne, 1960. cat.no. 22; titled 'Sunset, Sydney Harbour'

Fine Arts Society Gallery (Australia, estab. circa 1918, closed 1940) (Author), The Baldwin Spencer collection of Australian pictures and works of art, Melbourne, 1919. possibly cat.no. 67; titled 'Sydney Harbour'

'Some recollection of Charles Conder' by Julian Ashton., Art and Australia [series 1, no. 2] 1917, 1917. General reference

Sir W. Baldwin Spencers collection, Sydney, 1916. possibly cat.no. 214; titled 'An Early Sketch'

Exhibition history (3)

Charles Conder: 1868-1909 (1966), National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street], 09 Aug 1966–04 Sep 1966.

Charles Conder: 1868-1909 (1966), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 09 Nov 1966–04 Dec 1966.

Bohemians in the bush: the artists' camps of Mosman, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 06 Jun 1991–25 Aug 1991.