Pears (Yellow Version) 1972

George Baldessin (1939-1978)

Pears (Yellow Version) 1972

etching, aquatint and colour stencil
50.5 x 59.5 cm (image, irreg.); 59.5 x 66.5 cm (sheet)

signed and dated lower right: George Baldessin 72

numbered and inscribed lower left: Ed 25 'Pears No 2'

edition of 25

Provenance:

Private collection, Melbourne

Gift from the above, private collection, Melbourne

Thence by descent, private collection, Melbourne, 2023

Exhibited:

George Baldesin: Complete Etchings, Mornington Peninsula Art Centre, Victoria, 3 October - 17 November 1974, cat.185 (another example)

George Baldessin: Sculpture and Etchings - A Memorial Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 8 August - 18 September 1983, cat.62 (another example)

George Baldessin, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria, 21 November 2009 - 14 March 2010 (another example)

Reference:

Lindsay, R. and Holloway, M., George Baldessin: Sculpture and Etchings, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1983, p.78 (illus., another example)

Kolenberg., J., George Baldessin Estate: Prints 1963-1978, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 1997, p.51, cat.201 (illus. back cover, another example)

Edquist., H., George Baldessin: Paradox & Persuasion, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 2009, pp.143, 249 (illus. p.151, another example)

Related Works:

Another example of this work is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Estimate: $5000 - 7000

Result Hammer: $8000