Oz Series 1998, printed 2003

Destiny Deacon born 1957

Oz Series 1998, printed 2003

set of lightjet prints from Polaroid originals (5)

comprising:

(i) Oz Games (Under the Spell of the Tall Poppies), 100.0 x 80.0 cm (image), 116.0 x 96.0 cm (sheet); (ii) Sad, 200.0 x 100.0 cm (image), 220.0 x 120.0 cm (sheet); (iii) Travelling, 200.0 x 100.0 cm (image), 220.0 x 120.0 cm (sheet); (iv) Scared, 200.0 x 100.0 cm (image), 220.0 x 120.0 cm (sheet); (v) Slow, 200.0 x 100.0 cm (image), 220.0 x 120.0 cm (sheet)

edition: 4/15

each signed and numbered lower right: Destiny 4/15

each titled and dated lower left: [title], 1998/2003

Provenance:

Sherman Galleries, Sydney

Exhibited:

Close Quarters: Contemporary Art from Australia and New Zealand, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 9 October - 22 November 1998; Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, 5 - 27 March 1999; Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra, 2 July - 29 August 1999; Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand, 16 September - 6 November 1999; Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, 19 August - 15 October 2000; Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland, 18 December 1999 - 27 February 2000 (another example)

D-tour, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 14 August - 6 September 2003 (label attached verso; these examples)

Destiny Deacon: Walk & Don't Look Blak, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 26 November 2004 - 30 January 2005; Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 22 February - 9 May 2005; Cultural Centre Tjibaou, New Caledonia, 1 June - 28 August 2005 (illus. exhibition catalogue, pp.66-67; image (i) illus. front cover, other examples)

Destiny, The Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 23 November 2020 - 12 February 2021 (another example)

Reference:

Rooney, R., 'Pursuing a Minimal Existence', The Australian, Melbourne, 23 October 1998, p.19 (image (i) illus., another example)

Estimate: $20000 - 30000

Result Hammer: $15000