The Seven Days of Creation (from The Book of Genesis series) 1969-70

JOHN COBURN (1925-2006)

The Seven Days of Creation (from The Book of Genesis series) 1969-70

wool tapestry (7)

each signed lower right: Coburn
each signed on label attached verso: Coburn

woven by the Pinton Tapisserie d'Aubusson, France (each with monogram lower left, labels attached verso)

edition: 3/3 comprising: (i) The 1st Day: The Spirit of God Brooded over the Waters, 234.0 x 188.0 cm (ii) The 2nd Day: God Separated the Light from the Dark, 188.0 x 234.0 cm (iii) The 3rd Day: God Created the Earth, 188.0 x 234.0 cm (iv) The 4th Day: God Created the Vault of the Sky and He Made the Sun and the Moon and the Stars to Shed their Light on the Earth, 234.0 x 196.0 cm (v) The 5th Day: God Created the Fish of the Sea, the Birds of the Air and the Beasts of the Dry Land, 188.0 x 234.0 cm (vi) The 6th Day: God Created Man, 188.0 x 234.0 cm (vii) The 7th Day: God Rested, 234.0 x 196.0 cm

Provenance:
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 1978
The ANZ Art Collection

Exhibited:
Aubusson Tapestries, Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, 21 April - 13 May 1970; Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 19 May - 3 June 1970; Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide, 6-25 June 1970, cats.5-11 (other examples; work (i) illus. in exhibition catalogue)
John Coburn, Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, 25 October - 10 November 1973, cat.1 (another example of work (vii))
John Coburn Exhibition, Genesis Galleries, New York, 7-31 January 1977 (other examples; work (iv) illus. on exhibition invitation)
John Coburn: Aubusson Tapestries, Philip Bacon Galleries at St John's Cathedral, Brisbane, 21 September 1978 (other examples of works (i), (iii) & (vii))

Reference:
Current Notes on International Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, vol.43, no.4, April 1972, p.153 (illus., other examples of works (i), (ii) & (iii))
Rozen, A., The Art of John Coburn, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1979, pp.25, 61-67 (illus. pls.27-33, other examples)
Lindsay, F., The ANZ Art Collection, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Melbourne, 1988, p.82 (illus. pp.82-85)
Klepac, L., John Coburn: The Spirit of Colour, The Beagle Press, Sydney, 2003, pp.58, 99-101, cats.67, 68 & 69 (illus., other examples of works (ii), (iv) & (vii))

Related Works:
Another example of this complete series of tapestries (edition 2/3) is held in the collection of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C., gift from the Australian Government, 1970
The Seven Days of Creation 1977, screenprint (7) based on the tapestries, edition of 50, printed by Barbara Coburn

Estimate: $140000 - 180000

Result Hammer: $120000

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