George Lawrence (1901 - 1981)

LANDSCAPE AT MINNAMURRA, 1965

oil on composition board

55.0 x 80.5 cm
68.5 x 94.0 (frame)

signed and dated lower right: G F Lawrence/65
bears inscription on frame verso: “LANDSCAPE AT MINNAMURRA” GEORGE F. LAWRENCE

Artarmon Galleries (Artlovers), Sydney (label attached verso, stock no.5422)
Private collection
Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 19 April 1994, lot 169
The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above

Local Landscapes, Wollongong City Gallery, New South Wales, December 2002 – May 2003
Overland, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria, 10 March – 15 July 2012
on long term loan to Wollongong City Gallery, New South Wales

Nainby, B., Stanhope, Z., and Furlonger, K., The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, in association with Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2009, p. 223

Condition:
This work is in very good, stable and near original condition.
There is a 1 cm surface chip with paint loss to the left top edge and 2.5 cm vertical line of paint loss to the top left corner close to the frame.
There are a small number of minor surface blemishes to the top left quadrant, that are highlighted under ultraviolet light.
Under ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of past restoration.

The work is housed in a grey painted timber frame.