Cricketers (I) 1976

Rosalie Gascoigne (1917-1999)

Cricketers (I) 1976

gouache, wood and newsprint
15.0 x 91.5 cm

signed with initials and dated verso: R.G. ‘76

Provenance:

Gallery A, Sydney

Private collection, Sydney

Shapiro Auctioneers, Sydney, 10 June 2003, lot 45 (as Cricketers (Find the Ball))

Private collection, South Australia

Exhibited:

Rosalie Gascoigne: Assemblage, Gallery A, Sydney, September 1976, cat.26

Gallery A Sydney 1964-1983, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney, 21 March - 3 May, 2009; Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales, 9 May - 19 July 2009 (as Cricketers (Find the Ball))

This work is to be included in the forthcoming publication on Rosalie Gascoigne by the artist’s son, Martin Gascoigne. We are grateful to Martin for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

Reference:

MacDonald, V., Rosalie Gascoigne, Regaro, Sydney, 1998, p.106

Murphy, J., (ed.), Gallery A Sydney 1964-1983, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney and Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales, 2009, pp.229, 237 (illus.)

Related Works:

Cricketers (II) 1976, weathered timber bottle crate, found timber, retouched newsprint collage; 36.0 x 49.0 x 17.0 cm; collection of the artist; thence by descent, private collection

Estimate: $18000 - 24000

Result Hammer: $17000