Venice

Details

DAVID DAVIES (1864-1939)
Venice
signed and dated 'D. DAVIES/94' (lower right); with exhibition labels (affixed to the reverse)
oil on canvas
29 x 39 cm
1

Provenance

C.J. McClelland
Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne
Private collection, Sydney

Literature

C Sparks, David Davies 1864-1939, exh.cat., Melbourne 1984, cat.no.18, illus.p.39

Exhibited

(possibly) Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, Diamond Jubilee Loan Exhibition, June 1897, cat.no. 107 Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, Loan Exhibition of Australian Paintings, July 1925, cat.no.126
Melbourne, Deutscher Fine Art, Colonial & Impressionist Paintings, July 1982, cat.no.34, illus.
Ballarat, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery; Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria; Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, David Davies 1864-1939, 11 September 1984 - 10 March 1985, cat.no.18, illus.p.39
Sydney, SH Ervin Gallery, A Very Private Collection, 15 June - 15 July 1990, cat.no.8

Special notice

A 10% Goods and Services tax (G.S.T) will be charged on the Buyer's Premium on all lots in this sale.

Lot Essay

Davies left Australia to study in Paris in 1890. Although he had not attempted seascapes before his move to Cornwall in 1892, having secured a studio that overlooked the water he proceeded to paint only seascapes for an entire year. Davies visited Venice, most probably in 1892 but did not paint this Venetian scene until well after his return to Melbourne in 1893.

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