18. Robert Nettleton Field 1899 - 1987
Still Life, c. 1931
Oil on canvas
30.2 x 26 cm

est. $4,000 - 6,000
Fetched $14,000
Relative Size: Still Life, c. 1931
Relative size

Provenance: Private Collection

Illustrated plate 14, R N Field, The Dunedin Years 1925-1945, A K C Petersen, Manawatu Art Gallery, 1989

Exhibited: Possibly 1931. The Group Show, Catalogue no. 62 as 'Gabriel's Trumpet' - Ref. page 65, R N Field, The Dunedin Years, 1925-1945, A K C Petersen, Manawatu Art Gallery, 1989

Manawatu Art Gallery, R N Field, The Dunedin Years, 1925-1945, Catalogue no. 33

In 1928 Field exhibited a stone carving of 'The Lovers' at the Canterbury Society of Arts, Christchurch. Whilst the whereabouts of this sculpture is unknown, it is believed to be the one depicted in this painting.

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