CHARLES CONDER
1868-1909 (designer)
FERGUSSON & MITCHELL, MELBOURNE
1857-1890s (PRINTER)
Block for the Front Cover of The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition Catalogue 1889
Estimate $60,000 – $90,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE
CHARLES CONDER
1868-1909 (designer)
FERGUSSON & MITCHELL, MELBOURNE
1857-1890s (PRINTER)
Block for the Front Cover of The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition Catalogue 1889
zinc plate on wood
signed 'CHARLES CONDER' (in reverse) lower left; inscribed 'THE 9 BY 5 IMPRESSION EXHIBITION OPENED AUGUST 17. 1889 AT BUXTON'S ROOMS ADMISSION 6D SIXPENCE DECORATIONS LENT AND ARRANGED BY MESSRS CULLIS HILL' (in reverse) across plate
14 x 8.6 cm (plate); 14.4 x 8.6 x 2.2 cm (block)
- Lot Sold $60,000 (Hammer Price)
- $73,200 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Private Collection
Australiana Documents and Pictures, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 1 December 1960, lot 206a
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Exhibited
Australian Impressionism, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 31 March - 8 July 2007, no. 9.59, illustrated
Literature
Terence Lane, Australian Impressionism, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2007, pp. 156 (illustrated), 335, 350
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