Ellis Rowan
(1848 - 1922)
FLOWERING FARADAYA SPLENDIDA WITH BUTTERFLY, 1889
watercolour and gouache on paper
73.5 x 53.5 cm (sight)
signed lower left: Ellis Rowan dated and inscribed verso: 2nd trip 89
Estimate:
$10,000 - $15,000
Sold:
$28,060 (inc. BP)
lot details
Ellis Rowan (1848 - 1922)
FLOWERING FARADAYA SPLENDIDA WITH BUTTERFLY, 1889
watercolour and gouache on paper
73.5 x 53.5 cm (sight)
signed lower left: Ellis Rowan dated and inscribed verso: 2nd trip 89
Provenance
M.H. de Young, San Francisco, USA
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, USA, a gift from the above
Bonhams & Goodman, Melbourne, 24 November 2009, lot 4 (as ‘Untitled’)
Company collection, Sydney