The White River, W.E. Pidgeon c. 1937-c.1938

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The White River, W.E. Pidgeon c. 1937-c.1938
The White River, W.E. Pidgeon c. 1937-c.1938

The White River
Oil on canvas,
45 x 60.5 cm,
signed lower right "wepidgeon"

Provenance:
1. Purchased for the ICI Art Collection by Sir Daryl Lindsay (adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lindsay-sir-ernest-daryl-7759) from Artlovers Gallery Sydney 1 May 1958 (proceeds to Wep £29.8.0). Orica Collection until 2002
Oil on canvas, signed lower right; bears title artist's name and address on reverse, 46 x 61 cm, Est: $500-700, Sold $220 ($264 with buyer's premium)
Sotheby's, Art from the Kerry Stokes Collection : including works formerly in the Orica Collection : Sydney Monday, August 26, 2002 at 6.30 pm, Lot No. 713
Painted c. 1958. [Unlikely except for finishing touches and signature. Kerry Stokes purchased the ICI Art Collection in 2002. - PP]

2. G. & M. Emery Ph. 4932 8911 (Reframed by Maitland Heritage Framing & Fine Art Supplies, 25 Mill Street, East Maitland. Ph. 4934 5106

3. Hunter Valley Grammar School Festival of the Arts 2005 $950

4. Peter Pidgeon, purchased Est: $500-700, Sold $1,000 ($1,250 with buyer's premium plus $246.60 packing and freight $1,496.60)
Lawsons, Fine Art, Sydney, 14/03/2019, Lot No. 584

Appears to be situated on the banks of the Snowy River at Jindabyne, just north of where the original road bridge, now submerged under Lake Jindabyne. Wep and Jess camped with his caravan for six weeks in this location in 1937 during his six month sabbattical painting trip throughout New South Wales and southeast Queensland. They also returned to this location in 1938 with humorist, Lennie Lower.

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