TREES, RIVER AND MOUNTAINS, c.1886 – 87

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Sydney
4 May 2022
74

JOHN PETER RUSSELL

(1858 - 1930)
TREES, RIVER AND MOUNTAINS, c.1886 – 87

oil on wood panel

28.5 x 22.5 cm (irregular)

signed lower left: J. RUSSELL

Estimate: 
$10,000 – $15,000
Sold for $12,273 (inc. BP) in Auction 69 - 4 May 2022, Sydney
Provenance

Dr Guy Jouve Moncontour, Brittany, France, by 1978
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Victoria, acquired from the above in April 1979

Exhibited

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’)

Literature

Galbally, A., The Art of John Peter Russell, Sun Books, Melbourne, 1977, cat. 42, p. 99 (as ‘Untitled (Trees, River with Mountains in Background)’)