Sid Long
(1871 - 1955)
A STUDY FOR ‘THE HOUR OF ROMANCE’, c.1914
oil on board
22.0 x 27.0 cm
39.0 x 44.0 cm (frame)
signed lower right: SID LONG
bears inscription on label verso: A STUDY FOR “THE HOUR OF ROMANCE”/C.1915
Estimate:
$6,000 - $8,000
Sold:
$6,136 (inc. BP)
lot details
39.0 x 44.0 cm (frame)
bears inscription on label verso: A STUDY FOR “THE HOUR OF ROMANCE”/C.1915
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne
The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above on 20 August 1990
Exhibited
Overland, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria, 10 March – 15 July 2012
on long term loan to Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria
Literature
Nainby, B., Stanhope, Z., and Furlonger, K., The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, in association with Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2009, pp. 39 (illus.), 224
Related Works
The Hour of Romance, 1914, oil on canvas, 76.5 x 102.0 cm, in the collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Condition:
This work is in very good, stable and near original condition.
There is a tiny 3 mm chip to the paint surface at the bottom left corner.
Under ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of past restoration.
The work is housed in a timber gilt frame.