JOHN OLSEN born 1928
Aboriginal Child Writing c1983
Estimate: $4500 - 6500
Sold For:
$4000 hammer
$4800 inc. buyer's premium
Description
JOHN OLSEN born 1928
Aboriginal Child Writing c1983
gouache and pastel on paper
22.0 x 22.0 cm
signed on backing verso: John Olsen
Provenance:
The Christensen Fund, Perth (label attached verso)
Christie's, Melbourne, 27 April 1999, lot 303
Savill Galleries, Sydney (label attached verso)
Private collection, Sydney
Exhibited:
The Land Beyond Time: Paintings and Drawings by John Olsen, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (illus. exhibition catalogue, p.14, pl.1) (loan label attached verso)
Reference:
Olsen, J., et al, The Land Beyond Time, Macmillan, Melbourne, 1984, p.249. (accompanied by book)
Estimate: $4500 - 6500
Result Hammer: $4000
Location
Auction in Sydney, 16 December 2009
Deutscher-Menzies, Australian & International Fine Art, Lots 1 - 110
Lawson-Menzies, Colonial to Contemporary including Important Aboriginal Art, Lots 111 - 252
Exhibition in Melbourne, 3-6 December 2009
Exhibition in Sydney, 10-15 December 2009