Sir George Clausen
(England 18 Apr 1852–22 Nov 1944)
- Title
- Propping the rick; a stormy day
- Year
- 1911
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
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102.0 x 123.0cm stretcher; 122.0 x 144.0 x 7.5cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r., black paint "G CLAUSEN 1911".
- Credit
- Purchased 1912
- Accession number
- 4803
- Location
- 19th & 20th c European art
- Provenance (2)
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Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd (England), 03 May 1912, London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from Arthur Tooth & Sons 1912. Purchased by Arthur Tooth & Sons from Christie's London, 3 May 1912, lot no. 56 and sold to the AGNSW on the same day. Tooth stock no. 5759, stock book 4: 1 July 1905 - 30 June 1913.
Captain John Audley Harvey (England, d.1926?), pre 03 May 1912, London/England, sold Christie's London, 3 May 1912 'The collection of choice modern pictures and water colour drawings of the British and Continential Schools of Captain John Audley Harvey' lot no. 56. Purchased by Arthur Tooh & Sons.
- Bibliography (4)
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Peter Tomory (United Kingdom) (Author), Anne Kirker (New Zealand; Australia, b.1947) (Author), British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, 64. cat.no. 368
Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 30 (illus.).
Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Victorian Social conscience, Sydney, 1976.
The art-journal 1911, 1911, 169 (illus.).
- Exhibition history (2)
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Royal Academy of Arts, 1911, Royal Academy of Arts, 1911–1911.
Victorian Social Conscience, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Aug 1976–19 Sep 1976.
