Lionel Cowen
(1847 - 1895)
MAKING THE BOUQUET
oil on canvas
91.0 x 51.0 cm
104.0 x 62.5 cm (frame)
signed lower left: L. Cowen. RBA.
Estimate:
$3,000 - $4,000
Sold:
$4,664 (inc. BP)
lot details
104.0 x 62.5 cm (frame)
Private collection
Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 16 April 1991, lot 24
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne
The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above on 19 April 1991
Exhibited
The Reading Room: The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria, 9 November 2013 – 20 April 2014
Bloom, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria, 12 October – 24 November 2019
Literature
Nainby, B., Stanhope, Z., and Furlonger, K., The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, in association with Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2009, pp. 43 (illus.), 216
Condition:
This work is in very good, stable and near original condition.
Ultraviolet light inspection reveals small areas and spots of old cosmetic retouching, which are:
· multiple small areas to the lower left edge of the painting
· a small amount of retouching to the lower right edge of the painting beside the flowerpots
Each of these is old, stable and only visible under ultraviolet light
The work is housed in a bronze painted timber frame.