Odysseus 1964

JAMES GLEESON (1915-2008)

Odysseus 1964

oil on eight boards
four panels 10.0 x 15.0 cm; four panels 18.0 x 13.5 cm each
i) The Gift of Aeolus
signed lower right: Gleeson
ii) The Escape of The Winds
signed indistinctly lower right: Gleeson
iii) The Flight from the Land of the Lotus Eaters
signed lower right: Gleeson
iv) Before the Cave of Polyphemus
signed lower right: Gleeson
v) Kermes and Odysseus
signed lower right: Gleeson
vi) Odysseus in the Kingdom of the Dead
signed lower right: Gleeson
vii) Odysseus and the Ghost of Elpeanor
signed lower right: Gleeson
viii) Odysseus sees Nausicaa
signed lower right: Gleeson

Provenance:
The Harold E Mertz Collection of Australian Art, Christie's, Melbourne, 28 June 2000, lot 19
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
The Mertz Collection of Contemporary Australian Painting, Gallery V at the National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Festival of Arts, Adelaide, 1966, cat.39
The Australian Painters 1964-66: Contemporary Australian Painting from the Mertz Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, USA, 1966, cat.80

Estimate: $40000 - 60000

Result Hammer: $40000