Bird Sanctuary 1975

Rosalie Gascoigne (1917-1999)

Bird Sanctuary 1975

wooden apiary box, wood, steel mesh, metal gasket, glass jars, bird seed and collage
68.0 x 37.0 x 14.0 cm

signed with initials and dated verso: R.G. 76 [sic]

Provenance:

Acquired from the artist, Mr Ray Hughes, Sydney, 1978

Estate of the above

Shapiro Auctioneers, Ray Hughes: A Life with Art - Session I, Sydney, 4 May 2018, lot 27

Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:

Rosalie Gascoigne - Assemblage, Gallery A, Sydney, September 1976, cat.44

Survey 2: Rosalie Gascoigne, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 29 April - 4 June 1978, cat.4

Reference:

Gascoigne, R., 'Letters to Martin 1971-1980,' in Eagle, M. (ed.), From the Studio of Rosalie Gascoigne, ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, 2000, p.55

Gascoigne, M., Rosalie Gascoigne: A Catalogue Raisonné, Australian National University Press, Canberra, 2019, p.161, cat.072 (illus.)

Estimate: $25000 - 35000

Result Hammer: $30000