<b>HUGH SAWREY (1919-1999)</b><br>
<b>Fergusons Mob</b><br>
Oil on canvas<br>
Signed lower right: "SAWREY" in orange/yellow paint<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Boulia to Winton Stock Route, Queensland<br>
<b>Dimensions (canvas):</b> Approximately 61 x 46 cm (24 x 18 inches) per verso stretcher bar markings<br>
<b>Dimensions (framed):</b> Buyers to verify in person<br>
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<b>Provenance:</b> Title and artist inscription in black marker on verso stretcher bars ("FERGUSONS MOB" and "HUGH SAWREY."). Previous price label on verso: $3,400.<br>
<b>COA:</b> Not present<br>
<b>Frame:</b> Gold-toned timber moulded frame with cream linen slip liner<br>
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<b>Condition:</b> Good. The painted canvas surface appears intact with good colour. The signature is clearly legible lower right. Kraft paper backing on verso is partially deteriorated at corners but does not affect the canvas. Frame in good structural condition.<br>
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Hugh Sawrey was one of Australia's finest painters of the outback pastoral tradition - a man who lived the droving life before he painted it. Born in 1919 in rural Queensland, Sawrey worked as a drover and stockman across the Channel Country before establishing himself as an artist, and that lived experience gave his paintings an authenticity that set him apart. "Fergusons Mob" depicts a classic Queensland cattle muster on the Boulia to Winton stock route - a mob of Hereford-type cattle crossing red arid country in dust and afternoon light, a stockman on a grey horse working the mob with whip raised, another rider visible at left, sparse gums and scrub marking the landscape. The sky carries that characteristic low-horizon Queensland dusk, mauve and blue above the red country. Sawrey's signature loose, gestural brushwork is exactly as found in his documented works. The verso carries the title, the location, and Sawrey's name in the artist's own hand. The previous price notation of $3,400 gives some context on what this work once changed hands for, but Sawrey's market has moved considerably since that time. A genuine Hugh Sawrey original and a standout lot in this auction.<br>
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* Signed lower right "SAWREY" in orange paint<br>
* Title "Fergusons Mob" and location "Boulia-Winton Stock Route Qld." inscribed on verso stretcher bar<br>
* "Hugh Sawrey." written in marker on verso stretcher bar<br>
* Previous price notation of $3,400 on verso label<br>
* Gold-toned frame with cream linen liner<br>
* 24 x 18 inch canvas per stretcher bar markings<br>
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<b>Artist:</b> Hugh Sawrey (1919-1999)<br>
<b>Title:</b> Fergusons Mob<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Cattle mustering, Boulia to Winton Stock Route, Queensland<br>
<b>Medium:</b> Oil on canvas<br>
<b>Canvas size:</b> 61 x 46 cm (24 x 18 inches)<br>
<b>Signature:</b> Signed lower right "SAWREY" in orange paint; artist name on verso<br>
<b>COA:</b> Not present

221811+1

Location of item: 18 Paradise Road, Acacia Ridge, QLD, Australia

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