Thea Proctor
(1879 - 1966)
THE RACE, c.1924
watercolour on silk
28.0 x 49.5 cm (fan)
43.5 x 66.5 cm (frame)
Estimate:
$6,000 - $8,000
© Thea Proctor Estate / Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2023
lot details
43.5 x 66.5 cm (frame)
Mitty Lee-Brown
Clune Galleries, Sydney (label attached verso)
Private collection
Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 23 August 1993, lot 178 (as ‘Afternoon by the Seaside’)
Private collection
Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 20 April 1998, lot 90 (as ‘Afternoon by the Seaside’)
Private collection, Melbourne
Literature
Art in Australia, 3rd series, no. 43, 15 April 1932, p. 15 (illus.)
The Home: an Australian quarterly, Sydney, Issue 15, no. 12, 1 December 1934, p. 59 (illus.)
Related Works
Other examples of the artist’s fans are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery
Condition:
This work is in fair condition.
This work has not been viewed out of its frame.
The colours are clear and fairly vibrant but have probably faded to some extent consistent with age.
There is a vertical line of discolouration through the centre of the work.
Under ultraviolet light inspection, there are three noticeable areas of retouching: On the right hand side, above the standing girl with her hands up high. Through and around the hanging towel and the adjacent palm leaves in the upper left hand side in the striped tent.
All the areas of retouching correspond to fine horizontal tears or wear in the silk which are visible in the enlarged online catalogue illustration.
This work is housed in its original fine period stepped black decorative frame with gilt inset highlighting the fan shape and green/blue linen mount.