The Studio Window

Details

MARGARET ROSE MACPHERSON PRESTON (1875-1963)
The Studio Window
signed with initials and dated 'MRM 06' (lower right)
oil on canvas
80.5 x 59 cm

Provenance

The artist
J Craven and by descent
Theodore Bruce Auctions, Adelaide, circa 1971
Sotheby's, Melbourne, Fine Australian Paintings, 26 November 1990, cat. no. 221
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Adelaide, Steamship Buildings, Studio Exhibition: Misses Rose McPherson and Bessie Davidson, 11 - 12 March 1907
Adelaide, Institute Building, South Australian Society of Arts, Annual Exhibition, 1907

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Lot Essay

In 1906 Macpherson was sharing a studio apartment in the Latin Quarter of Paris with fellow Australian artist Bessie Davidson. It is known that from the window of the studio the artist could see the gardens of a monastery, which has been tentatively identified as what is now the Musie Cluny. The colour-illustrated magazine that the reclining model reads is similar to publications for which McPherson produced illustrations during her time in Europe.

When McPherson returned to Australia at the end of 1906, she brought this painting with her, and it was included in two exhibitions held in Adelaide the following year.

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