Caroline de Maistre Walker, London

Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne. Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney. Private collection, Sydney. The Estate of John Fairlie Cuningham, Sydney. Exhibited: Homage to Roy de Maistre: A Memorial Retrospective Exhibition, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 21 April – 7 May 1971; Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney, 20 May – 5 June 1971, cat. 20 (illus. cover). Literature: Laurie Thomas, ‘Homage to de Maistre’, The Australian, 22 May 1971 (illus.). Heather Johnson, Roy De Maistre: The Australian Years 1894-1930, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1988, p. 104, pl. 47 (illus.), 122.

69 John Street

Collection of the artist;
Sir John Rothenstein, London;
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane (label on previous frame);
Private collection, Sydney – purchased from the above in 2000;
Sotheby’s, Melbourne, May 2009;
Private collection, Melbourne

Note: Sir John Rothenstein, director of the Tate Gallery from 1938 – 1964, was a friend and supporter of de Maistre. By 1960 the Tate held four works, including two still life oil paintings.

Exhibited: Roy de Maistre: A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings 1917 – 1960, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, May – June 1960, no. 89.

Reference: See The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Cbus, Melbourne, 2009, p. 81 for a similar composition, ‘Still Life Study in Grey Green’ (also provenance of Sir John Rothenstein, London, until purchased by Joseph Brown for Cbus in 1991).

Private collection, Brisbane