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An image of Melon by Samuel John Peploe

Samuel John Peploe

(Scotland 1871–1935)

Title
Melon
Year
circa 1906
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

27.9 x 35.7cm stretcher; 44.0 x 53.1 x 6.0cm frame

Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Watson Bequest Fund 1933
Accession number
903
Location
Not on display
Provenance (1)

The Redfern Gallery (England, estab. 1923), London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from the Redfern Gallery 1933

Bibliography (6)

Ted Gott (Australia) (Author), Laurie Benson (Australia) (Author), Sophie Matthiesson (Australia) (Author), Modern Britain 1900-1960, Melbourne, 2007, 28 (colour illus.).

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, 145. cat.no. 1736

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 147 (illus.).

Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Scottish paintings in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1981, (illus.). no catalogue numbers

'Recent Purchases for the National Art Gallery of NSW' by Sydney Ure Smith, pg. 8-15; 'Recent pictures purchased for the National Art Gallery of New South Wales' pg. 27-42, Art in Australia 15 May 1934, 15 May 1934, 10, 30 (illus.).

Barbizon House (England) (Author), Barbizon House: an illustrated record, London, 1933. cat.no. 29

Exhibition history (3)

National Art Gallery of NSW purchases, Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd, 20 Sep 1933–07 Oct 1933.

Scottish paintings in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Nov 1981–06 Dec 1981.

Modern Britain 1900-1960, NGV: International, 15 Nov 2007–24 Feb 2008.