YANDEE HOMESTEAD

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1947

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Overview

Watercolour of an Australian colonial homestead with prominent chimneys situated on the top of a rise in front of a row of trees.
Large tree at middle left with two horse riders in its shade.
Foreground of green pasture, with a dirt path winding its way up to the homestead.
Artist's signature and date lower left.
Painting is framed.

Historical information

Donated to the museum collection by Anne Crane in 2013. Her late husband Gary Walter Crane had been resident at Yandee in the late 1940s as a child; his father was Walter George Crane who owned the property between 1946 and 1950. A clearing sale was held at Yandee on 17 January 1950 after the Cranes sold the property. (Walter Crane died in 1951.) It is assumed the watercolour and the panoramic photograph of Yandee Shire of Toodyay accession number 2014.8 (which appears to pre-date the Crane occupation), were removed from the homestead around the time of the clearing sale.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2014.7

Item type

Material

Width

51.5000 cm

Height or length

41 cm

Inscriptions and markings

signed at lower left, "P.I Hunt / 47"

Contextual Information

Yandee Homestead in Nunile was built in 1912. Today the homestead has a high level of authenticity and integrity. It has historical significance due to its association with Alexander Anderson and the Clarkson family.
Percy Ivor Hunt (1903-1971) was Temporary Art Master then Art Master of the Perth Technical School between 1946-1963. He was head of the Art Dept. at the Perth Technical School between 1954-1965. The Art Gallery of WA has some of his works in its collection.

Keywords

Water Colour Yandee Homestead

HUNT, Percy Ivor

CRANE, Anne

Year

1947

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Shire of Toodyay

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