THE WATTLE TREE, 1934

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Melbourne
3 May 2023
56

LLOYD REES

(1895 - 1988)
THE WATTLE TREE, 1934

pencil on paper 

18.0 x 26.0 cm

signed and dated lower left: L. REES / 1934
copy of S.A. Parker framer’s label attached to backing verso

Estimate: 
$10,000 – $15,000
Sold for $12,273 (inc. BP) in Auction 74 - 3 May 2023, Melbourne
Provenance

Miss V. de Putron, Sydney, by 1942
J. Davies, by 1969
Masterpiece Fine Art Gallery, Hobart
Private collection, Sydney, acquired in 2002

Exhibited

Society of Artists Annual Exhibition, Education Department Gallery, Sydney, 7 September 1934 – 5 October 1934, cat. 7
Lloyd Rees Loan Exhibition, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1 – 30 August 1942, cat. 61 (copy of label attached to backing verso)
Paintings, Drawings and Graphics by Lloyd Rees, Masterpiece Fine Art Gallery, Hobart, opened 7 September 1984, cat. 34
Masterpiece Fine Art Gallery, Hobart, 2 – 24 November 2001 (as ‘The Wattle Tree (West Pennant Hills)’)
Lloyd Rees, Painting with Pencil 1930 – 36, 12 December 2015 – 17 April 2016, Museum of Sydney, Sydney, cat. 137 (as ‘The Wattle Tree (West Pennant Hills)’)
Uncovered Northwood, Lloyd Rees and Beyond, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney, 12 September – 21 October 2022 (as ‘The Wattle Tree (West Pennant Hills)’)

Literature

Free, R., Klepac, L., Rees, A., et al, Lloyd Rees: Painting With Pencil, 1930 – 36, Richard Nagy Ltd, London & Sydney Living Museums, Sydney, 2015, pp. 137 (illus.), 184 (as ‘The Wattle Tree Pennant Hills’)
Davis, R., Uncovered Northwood, Lloyd Rees and Beyond, Macquarie University, Sydney, 2022, pp. 61 (illus.), 109 (as ‘The Wattle Tree (West Pennant Hills)’)