Robert Rooney
(1937 - 2017)
GOLDEN GATE, OR TIME’S LITTLE SHEELER, 1995
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
102.0 x 198.5 cm
signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: Robert Rooney / Golden Gate or (Time's) Little Sheeler 1995
Estimate:
$8,000 - $12,000
Sold:
$12,273 (inc. BP)
© Estate of Robert Rooney
lot details
Robert Rooney (1937 - 2017)
GOLDEN GATE, OR TIME’S LITTLE SHEELER, 1995
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
102.0 x 198.5 cm
signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: Robert Rooney / Golden Gate or (Time's) Little Sheeler 1995
Provenance
Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Private collection, Perth
Bonhams, Sydney, 14 November 2018, lot 1
John Barnes, Melbourne
The Estate of John Barnes, Melbourne
Exhibited
That which I should have done I did not do: Paintings by Robert Rooney, Pinacotheca Gallery, Melbourne, 20 September – 7 October 1995, cat. 1
Literature
Thomas, D., ‘Melbourne Modern: The art of Robert Rooney’, Art and Australia, vol. 34, no. 4, 1997, p. 482 (illus.)