Odysseus 1964

James Gleeson (1915-2008)

Odysseus 1964

oil on board (8)
four panels: 10.0 x 15.0 cm (each); four panels: 18.0 x 13.5 cm (each)

(i) The Gift of Aeolus, signed lower right: Gleeson

(ii) The Escape of The Winds, signed indistinctly lower right: Gleeson

(iii) The Flight from the Land of the Lotus Eaters, signed lower right: Gleeson

(iv) Before the Cave of Polyphemus, signed lower right: Gleeson

(v) Hermes and Odysseus, signed lower right: Gleeson

(vi) Odysseus in the Kingdom of the Dead, signed lower right: Gleeson

(vii) Odysseus and the Ghost of Elpeanor, signed lower right: Gleeson

(viii) Odysseus sees Nausicaa, signed lower right: Gleeson

Provenance:

Harold E Mertz Collection, New York

Christie's, The Harold E Mertz Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, 28 June 2000, lot 19

Private collection, Sydney

Menzies, Sydney, 25 March 2010, lot 4

Company collection, Melbourne

Menzies, Melbourne, 25 June 2015, lot 27

Company collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:

The Mertz Collection of Contemporary Australian Painting, Adelaide Festival of Arts, National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 1966, cat.39

The Australian Painters 1964-66: Contemporary Australian Painting from the Mertz Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC, 1966, cat.80

Estimate: $40000 - 50000