Asylum in Eden I 1982

Lawrence Daws born 1927

Asylum in Eden I 1982

oil on masonite
137.0 x 160.0 cm
signed lower right: DAWS
signed, dated and inscribed verso: "ASYLUM IN EDEN"/ (Homage to John Glover's "Mount Wellington with Orphan Asylum", 1837/ DAWS 82

Provenance:
Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide
Private collection, Adelaide, since 1982

Exhibited:
Cain and the Promised Land, Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide, 25 September - 19 October 1982, cat.2
Lawrence Daws: Asylum in Eden: Thirty Years in Queensland, Brisbane City Gallery, 16 November 2000 - 14 January 2001, cat.36
The Promised Land: The Art of Lawrence Daws, Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, Queensland, 20 January - 7 March 2010

Reference:
Bruce, C., Lawrence Daws: Asylum in Eden, University of Queensland Art Museum, 2000, cat.36, (illus. front cover, p.75)
Macaulay, B & D., The Promised Land: The Art of Lawrence Daws, Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, 2012, pp.17, 18

Related Works:
Asylum in Eden 1982, oil on hardboard, 122.0 x 137.0 cm, collection of the artist, Queensland

Estimate: $20000 - 30000

Result Hammer: $15000