Lot 16
Burnt Tree I-V
1982
oil on canvas (5)
51.0 x 40.5 cm (each)
each signed with initials and dated lower right: JO 82
each inscribed verso: Burnt Tree I-V
Provenance:
The Christensen Fund Collection, Perth
Savill Galleries, Sydney, 1998 (labels attached verso)
Private collection, Sydney
Literature:
Olsen, J., The Land Beyond Time, Macmillan Australia, Melbourne, 1984, p.205 (two works illustrated in a sequence titled Burning Trees I, II, III, IV)
Olsen, J. et al., The Land Beyond Time: Paintings and Drawings by John Olsen, Christensen Fund Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1984, pp.62-63, cats.73-77 (illus.)
Exhibited:
John Olsen: The Land Beyond Time, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, then touring nationally, May 1984 - February 1990, cats.73-77
Estimate
A$25,000
-
A$35,000
Hammer Price + BP
A$51,545.45
