The Main Body 1965

Jan Senbergs born 1939

The Main Body 1965

enamel on board
181.0 x 135.5 cm
signed, dated and inscribed on stretcher verso: JAN SENBERGS - 75 [illeg.] 6 32 POWER ST, HAWTHORN [illeg.]/ "The MAIN BODY" - COMPLETED Dec '65

bears inscription on stretcher verso: RUDY KOMON

Provenance:
(probably) Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney

Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane

Sotheby's, 143 Works from the Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Melbourne, 21 June 1992, lot 75

Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
Helena Rubinstein Travelling Art Scholarship (Winner), National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 1966, cat.14

Reference:
McCaughey, P., Voyage and Landfall: The Art of Jan Senbergs, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2006, p.18

Related Works:
The Main Body 1966, colour screenprint, 89.0 x 73.0 cm, edition of 6; one example in the Art Gallery of New South Wales collection, Sydney, purchased 1966

Estimate: $9000 - 12000

Result Hammer: $7500