CHARLES ARTHUR WHEELER (1881–1977)
Goldfish, 1911
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated ‘11 lower right
Original gilt wood and gesso frame
50 x 80cm
Provenance
Purchased from the artist 1911; Louis Abraham; Collection of WH Kelly, Federal Member for Wentworth (1903-1919); Thence by descent to Daphne May Johnson, Darling Point; Goodmans Fine Art Auctioneers, Monday 14 September 1998; Gould Galleries; Private collection, NSW.
Exhibited
Catalogue of Paintings and Drawings by Charles Wheeler, Guild Hall, Swanston St, Melbourne, 27 April to 6 May 1911, No. 30, “Goldfish”, 52 pounds 10 shillings; Athenaeum Hall, ‘Paintings of Charles Wheeler’ 20 June to 1 July 1922, Melbourne, 1922, catalogue No. 5; National Gallery of Victoria Loan Exhibition of Australian Paintings 1925, catalogue No. 227; VAS Heritage Exhibition, 23 May to 12 June 1985, catalogue No. 132 (illustrated); Australian National Maritime Museum, ‘Fish in Australian Art’, 5 April to 1 October 2012.