[Rooftops near Sydney Harbour], 1926 / John D. Moore
[Rooftops near Sydney Harbour], 1926 / John D. Moore
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1926
Call Numbers
V/350
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 watercolour - visible image, 29 x 45 cm, in mat 34 x 50 cm - pencil on paper
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
In copyright
Copyright holder : Lisa Moore
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and courtesy Lisa Moore
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
A view over the rooftops of Sydney with an easterly aspect taken from a high vantage point near the intersection of Pitt and Bridge Streets, with ships at anchor in the harbour and the hills of the eastern suburbs rising to the horizon in the distance
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Rooftops near Sydney Harbour], 1926 / John D. Moore
Variant title
Variously titled in published sources as 'Rooftops near Sydney Harbour' Bridget McDonnell Gallery website, 'View Over The Rooftop, 1926' in Leonard Joel Weekly Sale: LJW8158: Interiors & Jewellery - Art Salon: Lot 3067, ‘Sydney from the Housetops’ in Table Talk, Monday 1 November 1926, p. 51 and ‘Roof tops of Sydney’ in Art in Australia, 1 October...
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed and dated lower right
Conservation note
Watercolour was removed from its frame for conservation reasons in November 2019.
Description source
Title from vendor catalogue
Object History
Provenance: Private collection, Melbourne. Sold at Leonard Joel Weekly Sale: LJW8158: Interiors & Jewellery - Art Salon: Lot 3067 in Melbourne on Thursday 19 January 2017. Attributed to the collection of Mrs John Spencer in Art in Australia, October 16, 1933, p. 29. Lent to New Gallery in Table Talk, 1 November 1926, p. 51, possibly for John D Moor...
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Bridget McDonnell Gallery, December 2019
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
V/350
Record Identifier
1DrNvX59
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1DrNvX59
Other Identifiers
Reference code
9649516
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