In the 1930s, John Passmore's friend and art director at Lintas, Reg Jenkins, purchased a house in Suffolk known as Gooseberry Cottage. The property was to become pivotal in Passmore's development as a painter. Barry Pearce in his essay for the 1984 Retrospective exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales writes, 'This beautiful house with its thatched roof, nearby cornfields and apple or…

Provenance

The Collection of Elinor Wrobel, Sydney; Bonhams, Important Australian Art, 3 December 2024, Lot 34; Private collection, Sydney

Exhibitions

Joseph Brown Winter Exhibition, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, July-August 1975, pl. 62 John Passmore Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 December 1984 - 10 February 1985, cat. 7 (label attached verso)

Literature

Barry Pearce, John Passmore Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1984, p. 34, cat. 7 (illus.)