VALLEY OF THE GROSE, 1883

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Sydney
14 September 2022
54

WILLIAM CHARLES PIGUENIT

(1836 - 1914)
VALLEY OF THE GROSE, 1883

oil on academy board on wood panel

43.5 x 57.0 cm

signed and dated lower left: W. C. Piguenit 1883

Estimate: 
$30,000 – $40,000
Sold for $39,273 (inc. BP) in Auction 71 - 14 September 2022, Sydney
Provenance

The artist’s granddaughter, a gift of the artist 
E. W. Deakin, Sydney, a gift from the above 
Private collection
Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 28 April 1997, lot 214  
Jack Manton, Queensland
Thence by descent
Jennifer Manton, Sydney
Estate of the above, Sydney
 

Exhibited

W.C. Piguenit, 1836 – 1914: retrospective, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 16 December 1992 – 14 February 1993 and touring, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 10 March – 2 April 1993; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 13 May – 4 July 1993, cat. 16 (label attached verso)