Arthur James Murch

Lot 208 ARTHUR MURCH (1902-1989) At the Well, Kneeling Figure c1930 bronze 26.0 cm height edition: 3/9 signed and numbered on base Provenance: Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 28 November 2000, lot 131 Private collection, Sydney Estimate: $7,000 -9,000 Auction Title: Marksman - 0049 AUCTION 25 March 2010, 6.30pm 12 Todman Ave KENSINGTON NSW 2033 VIEWING MELBOURNE 11 - 14 March 2010, 11 am - 6 pm 1 Darling St SOUTH YARRA VIC 3141 VIEWING SYDNEY 18 - 24 March 2010, 11 am - 6pm 12 Todman Ave KENSINGTON NSW 2033 If you cannot attend the auction, you may either: Register to absentee bid on this lot Register to telephone bid on this lot Terms and Conditions Contact us regarding this lot Email a friend

LOT 13 ARTHUR MURCH AUSTRALIAN, 1902 - 1989 MOTHER AND CHILD 4,000—6,000 AUD measurements 37 by 47.4cm Description Signed indistinctly MURCH (lower left) Oil on composition board PROVENANCE The artist The late Dr and Mrs D. R. Sheumack, Sydney; purchased from the above in 1956; thence by descent EXHIBITED The D. R. Sheumack Collection of Australian Paintings, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 17 May - 12 June 1983, cat. 81 LITERATURE AND REFERENCES Robyn Christie and Justin Miller, The D. R. Sheumack Collection, Eighty Years of Australian Paintings, Sydney: Sotheby's Australia Pty. Ltd., 1988, pl. 69 (illus.)

ARTHUR MURCH (1902-1989) Arrival of the First Fleet (Study for the Overseas Terminal Mural) oil on wood panel 39.0 x 128.5 cm (irreg.) signed lower right: MURCH Provenance: Sotheby's, Melbourne, 24 November 1998, lot 127 Private collection, Queensland In 1961 the Maritime Services Board commissioned Arthur Murch to execute a mural for the Overseas Terminal Building to commemorate the landing of Captain Arthur Phillip at Sydney Cove in 1788. This painting was his study for the final mural. The space for the mural was a difficult wedge shape so he decided to utilise a convention used by Renaissance decorators, of including more than one episode of the same subject. Consequently, the mural shows several narratives happening simultaneously, from the arrival of men, women and children with the First Fleet, to the planting of the flag by Phillip.

164 ARTHUR MURCH Fisherman's Daughter (1902 - 1989) oil on canvas on board 58.0 x 87.0 cm signed lower right: MURCH ESTIMATE: $5,000 - 8,000 PROVENANCE Private collection, Melbourne LITERATURE McCulloch, A. & S., The Encyclopaedia of Australian Art , 3rd Edition, Allen & Unwin, 1994, p. 505 (illus)

Fisherman's Daughter 1950 oil on canvas on board 60.0 x 88.0 cm signed lower right: MURCH inscribed on backing verso: Fisherman's Daughter Reference: McCulloch, A., & McCulloch, S., The Encyclopedia of Australian Art, Third Edition, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1994 (illus., p.505)