Burnt Tree I-V 1982

John Olsen born 1928

Burnt Tree I-V 1982

oil on canvas (5)
51.0 x 40.5 cm (each)
each signed with initials and dated lower right: JO 82

each inscribed verso: Burnt Tree I-V

Provenance:
The Christensen Fund Collection, Perth

Savill Galleries, Sydney, 1998 (labels attached verso)

Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
John Olsen: The Land Beyond Time, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, then touring nationally, May 1984 - February 1990, cats.73-77

Reference:
Olsen, J., The Land Beyond Time, Macmillan Australia, Melbourne, 1984, p.205 (two works illustrated in a sequence titled Burning Trees I, II, III, IV)

Olsen, J. et al., The Land Beyond Time: Paintings and Drawings by John Olsen, Christensen Fund Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1984, pp.62-63, cats.73-77 (illus.)

Estimate: $25000 - 35000

Result Hammer: $42000