Title
'Still glides the stream, and shall for ever glide'
1890
Artist
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Details
- Other Titles
- An Australian gloaming
Still glides the stream
Still glides the stream and shall forever glide
Still glides the stream and shall for ever glide - Place where the work was made
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Heidelberg
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Victoria
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Australia
- Date
- 1890
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas, later mounted on hardboard
- Dimensions
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82.6 x 153.0 cm stretcher; 79.5 x 150.5 cm sight edge; 118.0 x 189.0 x 9.5 cm frame
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0 - Whole, 82 x 153 cm, SIGHT DIMENSION
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l., brown oil "Arthur StrEEton - 1890 -/ ...".
- Credit
- Purchased 1890
- Location
- South Building, ground level, Grand Courts
- Accession number
- 859
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Arthur Streeton
Works in the collection
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About
Arthur Streeton painted this landscape at the Eaglemont Homestead near Heidelberg during the summer of 1890, when he was only 22 years old. The scene presents an idealised vision of the Yarra River at Heidelberg, with the Doncaster Tower in the middle distance and the Dandenong Ranges beyond.
The title is taken from Wordsworth’s sonnet ‘Conclusion’ from his poem cycle 'The River Duddon'. A Romantic expression of the mortality and transience of human life contrasted with the enduring beauty of art, the poem appealed to the young painter and expressed something of his own ambitions for his artistic practice.
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Places
Where the work was made
Heidelberg
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Exhibition history
Shown in 18 exhibitions
Winter exhibition (1890), Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne, 29 Mar 1890 -
Streeton's Sydney sunshine exhibition (1896), Exhibition Venue Unknown, , 30 Nov 1896 -
Exhibition of Australian art in London (1898), Grafton Galleries, London, 02 Apr 1898–31 Jul 1898
Loan exhibition of the works of Arthur Streeton, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 Nov 1931–20 Jan 1932
The Centenary art exhibition (1934), Commonwealth Bank Chambers, Melbourne, 08 Oct 1934 -
Arthur Streeton memorial exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street], Melbourne, 05 Sep 1944–07 Oct 1944
Arthur Streeton memorial exhibition, National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 09 Nov 1944–10 Dec 1944
Arthur Streeton memorial exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 Apr 1945–20 May 1945
100 years of Australian painting (1948), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Apr 1948–17 May 1948
A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Sep 1953–25 Oct 1953
A century of Australian landscape painting: mood and moment, Peking Art Gallery, Beijing, Oct 1983–Dec 1983
A century of Australian landscape painting: mood and moment, Shanghai Art Gallery, Shanghai, Oct 1983–Dec 1983
Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], Melbourne, 30 Oct 1985–27 Jan 1986
Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 Feb 1986–20 Apr 1986
Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 09 May 1986–29 Jun 1986
Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 30 Jul 1986–14 Sep 1986
Arthur Streeton, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], Melbourne, 08 Dec 1995–12 Feb 1996
Arthur Streeton, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 01 Mar 1996–14 Apr 1996
Arthur Streeton, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 01 May 1996–16 Jun 1996
Arthur Streeton, Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, 08 Jul 1996–25 Aug 1996
Arthur Streeton, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 11 Oct 1996–24 Nov 1996
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000
Australian Impressionism, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 31 Mar 2007–08 Jul 2007
Great collections (2009), Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, 12 Dec 2008–18 Jan 2009
Great collections (2009), Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre, Murwillumbah, 06 Feb 2009–15 Mar 2009
Great collections (2009), Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, 03 Apr 2009–10 May 2009
Great collections (2009), Albury Regional Gallery, Albury, 29 May 2009–05 Jul 2009
Great collections (2009), Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, 24 Jul 2009–30 Aug 2009
Australia's Impressionists, National Gallery, London, London, 07 Dec 2016–26 Mar 2017
Streeton, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 07 Nov 2020–14 Feb 2021
She-oak and sunlight: Australian Impressionism, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 02 Apr 2021–22 Aug 2021
Grand Courts collection rehang, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Nov 2021–2023
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Bibliography
Referenced in 122 publications
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Col Allan (Editor), Daily telegraph mirror, 'Making of art history: Golden age of Arthur Streeton, Tom Roberts', Author unknown, pg. 46, Sydney, 08 Jul 1992, 46.
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Julian Ashton, Now came still evening on, 'Picture makers I have met', pg. 94-107, Sydney, 1941, 100-102.
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Julian Ashton, The art of Arthur Streeton, 'Introduction', pg. 1-3, Sydney, 1919, 1, 7 (colour illus.). plate no. VI
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Julian Ashton., Daily telegraph, ‘National Art Gallery: The Australian Court’, Sydney, 27 Sep 1905, unknown.
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Leigh Astbury, Meridian, 'Poetic impulses in Australian landscape painting: the Heidelburg school reconsidered', pg. 123-138, Bundoora, Oct 1985, 126 (illus.), 127, 128.
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Giles Auty and Patrick Corbally Stourton, John Llewelyn Jones - Australia's forgotten painter, London, 1997-1998, 14 (colour illus.).
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Herbert Badham, A study of Australian art, 'The first harvest', pg. 61-115, Sydney, 1949, 65.
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Tim Bonyhady, The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Growing old gracelessly ?', pg. 10, Sydney, 25 Nov 1995, 10A.
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Tim Bonyhady, Images in opposition: Australian landscape painting 1801–1890, 'The artist in society', pg. 1-22, Melbourne, 1985, 20, 133, 136, 142, 147 (illus.), 148.
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Maurice Brodzky (Editor), Table talk, Melbourne, 03 Apr 1890, 7.
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Maurice Brodzky (Editor), Table talk, Melbourne, 18 Apr 1890, 12.
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Basil Burdett, The West Australian, 'An artist's mountain retreat: How Arthur Streeton rose to fame', pg. 7, Perth, 08 Jun 1940, 7.
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Ian Burn, Australian art and architecture: essays presented to Bernard Smith, 'Beating about the bush: the landscapes of the Heidelberg school', pg. 83-98, Melbourne, 1980, 91.
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Anita Calloway, Brought to Light: Australian Art 1850–1965 from the Queensland Art Gallery collection, 'Out in the Open: Australian Pleinairism and the Heidelberg School. Arthur Streeton, Walter Withers, Girolamo Nerli', pg. 70-75, Brisbane, 1998, 70 (illus.), 71 (colour illus.), 72, 74.
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Jane Clark and Bridget Whitelaw, Golden summers: Heidelberg and beyond, Melbourne, 1985, 107 (colour illus.), 108.
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Edward Combes, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 30 Dec 1876, 6.
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Robert Croll, Tom Roberts: father of Australian landscape painting, 'New South Wales', pg. 32-59, Melbourne, 1935, 44, 49.
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Robert Croll (Editor), Smike to bulldog: letters from Sir Arthur Streeton to Tom Roberts, Sydney, 1946, 5, 7, 53 (illus.).
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Robert Croll and Lionel Lindsay, Arthur Streeton memorial exhibition, Adelaide, 1944. cat.no. 2
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Ursula De Jong, William Wardell and Genazzano FCJ College, Kew, 2009, 26, 29 (colour illus.), 132, 133.
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Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney: Australian & International Fine art auction - 5 March 2002, Sydney, 2002, 42, 43 (colour illus.). Related work: 'Study for "Still glides ..." ; lot 25
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Mary Eagle, The oil paintings of Arthur Streeton in the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1994, 60, 66, 69, 70, 111, 192.
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Mary Eagle, Heidelberg to Heide: creating an Australian landscape 1850-1950, 'Seeing Templestowe-Heidelberg', pg. 18-35, Bulleen, 2001, 26, 30 (colour illus.), 31 (colour illus., detail), 33, 63.
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Farmer & Co Limited (Compilator), Catalogue exhibition and sale of paintings by Arthur Streeton, 'Arthur Streeton', pg. 4-6, Sydney, Nov 1923, 4-6.
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Anne Gaalbally, Arthur Streeton, 'Melbourne: 1867-1890', pg. 1-19, Melbourne, 1969, 15 (colour illus.). plate no. 7B
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Ann Galbally, The Cambridge companion to Australian Art, 'National life and landscape: the Heidelberg school as mythmaker 1880-1905', pg. 71-83, Port Melbourne, 2011, 71, 72, 350. fig.no. 6.1 (colour illus.), between pg. 92 and 93.
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Ann Galbally, Charles Conder: the last bohemian, 'Melbourne 1888-1890', pg. 29-62, Melbourne, 2002, 55, 60.
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James Gleeson, Impressionist painters 1881-1930, St Kilda, 1971, 48 (colour illus.). plate no. 60
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Anne Gray, Sydney Long: the spirit of the land, 'The spirit of the land', pg. 45-70, Canberra, 2012, 47 (colour illus.), 50, 88, 93.
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Anne Gray, Radical revisionism: an anthology of writings on Australian art, 'Arthur Streeton: shadows and symbols', pg. 175-181, Brisbane, 2005, 176.
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Sasha Grishin, Australian art: a history, 'Introduction: a word of explanation' by Sasha Grishin, pg. vi-xi; 'In search of an Australian identity', pg. 116-127, Carlton, 2013, xi, (colour illus. detail), 124, 125 (colour illus.), 134, 548, 568. plate no. 13.7
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Stuart Hill and Martin Mulligan, Ecological pioneers: a social history of Australian ecological thought and action, 'Seeing the land in a new light: people and landscapes in Australian art', pg. 34-71, Cambridge, 2001, 40.
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Robert Hughes, The art of Australia, 'The Heidelberg school 1885-96', pg. 53-73, Melbourne, 1970, 63.
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Terry Ingram, The Australian financial review, 'A Streeton to be Aust's first million dollar painting', pg. 1-2, Sydney, 08 May 1985, 1-2.
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Bruce James, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'Australian Collection: Painting and Sculpture', pg. 102-181, Sydney, 1999, 113 (colour illus.).
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Grace Joel, Art and Architecture [vol. 3, no. 3], 'Australian artists in London: a reminiscence', pg. 100, Sydney, 1906, 100.
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Anne Kern, Arthur Streeton the man and his art, 'Introduction', pg. 2-4, Leichhardt, 1981, 3, 17, 19 (colour illus.). plate no. 4
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Lou Klepac, John Coburn: the spirit of colour, 'Finding one's way', pg. 34-44, Sydney, 2003, 35.
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Terence Lane, Australian Impressionism, 'Painting on the Hill of Gold: Heidelberg 1888-90', pg. 123-127, Melbourne, 2007, 125, 143 (colour illus.), 325. cat.no. 7.10
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Lionel Lindsay, Art in Australia [vol. 1, no. 2], 'Arthur Streeton's place in Australian art', Sydney, 1917. not paginated
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Lionel Lindsay, Streeton memorial exhibition souvenir catalogue, 'Streeton', Sydney, 1945, (illus.). cat.no. 48
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Lionel Lindsay, Art in Australia [series 3, no. 42], 'Streeton's loan exhibition', pg. 8-9, Sydney, Feb 1932, 8.
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Lionel Lindsay, Art in Australia [series 3, no. 40], 'Arthur Streeton', pg. 9-11, Sydney, 15 Oct 1931, 11.
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Lionel Lindsay, Art in Australia [series 3, no. 66], 'Sir Arthur Streeton's recent paintings', pg. 23, Sydney, Feb 1937, 23.
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Elwyn Lynn, The Australian landscape and its artists, 'Arthur Streeton', pg. 68-71, Rushcutters Bay, 1977, 70 (colour illus.).
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John MacDonald, The Sydney Morning Herald, 'On our selection: a moonlit mix', pg. 16-17, Sydney, 21 Feb 2009-22 Feb 2009, 17. NOTE: Review of 'Great Collections' exhibition.
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Patrick McCaughey, Australian painters of the heidelberg school, 'Introduction', pg. 6-13, Melbourne, 1979, 12, 151.
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Alan McCulloch, Encyclopedia of Australian art (Vol.2, L-Z), 'Arthur Streeton', pg. 1156-1158, Hawthorn East, 1984, 1157.
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Alan McCulloch, The golden age of Australian painting - Impressionism and the Heidelberg school, Melbourne, 1969, 49, (colour illus.), 56, 174. plate no. 24A
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John McDonald, Art of Australia. Vol 1: Exploration to Federation, ‘Individual and national feeling’, pg. 545-610, Sydney, 2008, 559, 560-561 (colour illus.).
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John McPhee, Great collections, Sydney, 2008, 82 (colour illus.).
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Joanna Mendelssohn, The life and work of Sydney Long, Sydney, 1979, 50.
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Menzies Art Brands Pty Ltd [Sydney], Menzies, Sydney: Australian & International Fine Art 24 June 2010, Sydney, 2010, 78, 79 (colour illus.), back cover (colour illus.). Related work: 'Study for "Still glides ..." ; lot 39
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Hal Missingham, A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Sydney, 1953. cat.no. 64
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William Moore, The story of Australian art from the earliest known art of the continent to the art of today (Vol. 1), 'The camps round Melbourne', pg. 70-84, Sydney, 1934, 72, 160, 189.
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Christina Mowle (Editor), Torch: Cary community news, 'Those cow pastures', pg. 18, Victoria, Aug 2008, 18 (colour illus.). NOTE: brief extract from an historical article compiled by Honorary Archivist, Alfred Mellor CBE.
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1899, Sydney, 1899. cat.no. 266, Oil Paintings-Australian, titled 'Still Glides the Stream'
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1891, Sydney, 1891, 68. cat.no. 255, Australian Court, titled 'Still glides the stream and shall forever glide'.
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1893, Sydney, 1893. cat.no. 351, Australian Court
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John Olsen, Art and Australia [series 3, vol. 1, no. 3], 'Sir Arthur Streeton', pg. 161-165, Sydney, Nov 1963, 161, 165 (colour illus.).
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Lloyd O'Neil, Classic Australian paintings, South Yarra, 1983, (illus.). plate no. 23
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Barry Pearce, A century of Australian landscape: mood and moment, Sydney, 1983, 14, 36, 37 (colour illus.). cat.no. 19
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Barry Pearce, Australian Artists, Australian Birds, North Ryde, 1989, 89 (colour illus.). plate no. 72
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Margaret Simons, The Sunday Age, 'The no-so-lasting impressions of the Heidelberg School', pg. 10, Melbourne, 04 Jan 2004, 10 (colour illus.).
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Jenny Sinclair, When We Think About Melbourne: the Imagination of a city, 'Impressionism and pointillism: how it all comes together when it shouldn't', pg. 115-119, Victoria, 2010, 116-117 (colour illus.).
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Bernard William Smith, Place, taste and tradition: a study of Australian art since 1788, 'The aftermath of Impressionism', pg. 146-161, South Melbourne, 1979, 156.
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Geoffrey Smith, Arthur Streeton and the Australian coast, Mornington, 2004, 13.
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Geoffrey Smith, Arthur Streeton, 1867-1943, ''Still glides the stream, and shall forever glide' Melbourne 1867-90', pg. 11-66, South Yarra, 1995, 9, 60, 61 (colour illus.), 67, 161. cat.no. 23
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Geoffrey Smith and Robyn Krause-Hale, Arthur Streeton 1867-1943: Education guide, Parkes, 1995, cover (colour illus.), table of contents. no pagination
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Terry Smith, Transformations in Australian art: The nineteenth century - landscape, colony and nation [Volume One], 'Landscape with feeling: Golden summers and modern life', pg. 107-123, St Leonards, 2002, 111, 112 (illus.), 114, 116, 120. fig.no. 4.3
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D.H. Souter, Art and architecture: the journal of the Institute of Architects of New South Wales, 'Arthur Streeton, artist and his Australian work', pg. 225-229, Sydney, 1905, 224.
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William Splatt and Susan Bruce, 100 masterpieces of Australian landscape painting, Melbourne, 1986, cover (colour illus.), 94, 95 (colour illus.). plate no.44
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William Splatt and Barbara Burton, 100 masterpieces of Australian painting, Adelaide, 1973, 52, 53 (colour illus.). plate no. 23
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Unknown (Editor), Sun (Melbourne), Melbourne, 03 Apr 1890, 6.
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Editor Unknown (Editor), Christie's Australia - Australia and European Paintings. Melbourne, 27 & 28 April, 1999, 'Study for Still Glides the Stream', pg. 104, South Yarra, Apr 1999, 104, 107 (colour illus.). A study for the work "Still glides ..." appears in this auction catalogue as cat.no. 110.
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