Personage and Emblems 1972

George Baldessin (1939-1978)

Personage and Emblems 1972

etching and aquatint (diptych)
101.4 x 101.2 cm (image); 109.0 x 111.2 (sheet overall)

signed and dated lower right:

George Baldessin 72.

numbered and titled lower left: A/Proof. 'Personage and Emblems'

inscribed lower centre: for John - with thanks

edition: Artist's Proof (edition of 10)

Provenance:

Private collection, Melbourne, c1979

Exhibited:

Baldessin/Whiteley: Parallel Visions, Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 31 August 2018 - 28 January 2019 (another example)

Reference:

Lindsay, R., & Holloway, M., George Baldessin: Sculpture and Etchings, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1983, p.92, cat.81 (illus. p.93, another example)

Kolenberg, J., George Baldessin Estate Prints 1963-1978, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 1997, p.51, cat.206 (illus., another example)

Zimmer, J. (ed.), The Crossley Gallery, 1966-1980, Macmillan Education, Melbourne, p.41 (illus. p.40, another example)

Grishin, S. et al, Baldessin/Whiteley: Parallel Visions, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2018, pp.89, 121 (illus. front cover [detail], pp.89, 121, another example)

Estimate: $6000 - 8000

Result Hammer: $6000