Murray Flowing into Lake Alexandrina 1980-82

John Olsen born 1928

Murray Flowing into Lake Alexandrina 1980-82

oil on canvas
161.0 x 167.0 cm

signed and dated lower right: John Olsen/ '80/ '82

signed, dated and inscribed verso: MURRAY FLOWING INTO L. ALEXANDRINA John Olsen 80/ WYNNE PRIZE

Provenance:

Private collection Sotheby's, Melbourne, 23 August 1993, lot 121

Private collection, New Zealand

Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney

Private collection, United States of America

Exhibited:

Aspects of the Landscape, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, 13 - 29 April 1982, cat.7 (label attached verso, illus. exhibition catalogue)

The Wynne Prize (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 18 December 1982 - 30 January 1983, cat.50

Related Works:

The Murray Running into Lake Alexandrina 1975, oil on canvas, 120.0 x 101.0 cm, National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra, Gift of James and Jacqui Erskine, 2009

Estimate: $140000 - 180000

Result Hammer: $150000