GALLERY NEWS 10 March 2010: Garry Shead, Arthur Boyd, Zhong Chen

83 Moncur Street Woollahra NSW 2025
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New in the Gallery

Garry Shead (b.1942)

Garry Shead (b.1942)
Wye Wurk 1994
Oil on board
90 x 120cm
Signed 'Garry Shead 94' lower left
Provenance:
Private collection, Queensland
Schubert Gallery, Gold Coast
no.11266

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Arthur Boyd (1920-1999)

Arthur Boyd (1920-1999)
Pulpit Rock, Bathers and Muzzled Dog c.1987
Oil on canvas
152.3 x 123cm
Signed 'Arthur Boyd' lower right
no.9184

Illustrated: Exhibition Catalogue, Arthur Boyd, Australian Embassy, Washington DC, 1986
Exhibited: Arthur Boyd, Australian Embassy, Washington DC, 30 May – 21 June 1986.

Born into a lineage of gifted painters, potters, musicians and architects, Arthur Boyd became the most celebrated member, in Australia’s cultural history, of that revered artistic family. Arthur Boyd is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, many regional galleries and many other important public collections both in Australia and overseas.

The Shoalhaven River is one of the most important subjects in Arthur Boyd’s remarkable body of work. The Boyd’s purchased the first of two properties, Riversdale, in 1973 and the second, Bundanon in 1979. Pulpit Rock, Bathers and Muzzled Dog c.1987 assaults the viewer with a vivid depiction of nature vs man-made hedonism. A dramatic painting with much wall power, it is concerned with the destruction of beauty, peace and tranquility in the natural environment through ignorant and pleasure seeking pastimes such as water skiing. This is clearly evident in the violent juxtaposition of a muzzled dog chasing a helmet wearing human figure (which appears to morph into an animalistic symbol of speed and greed) against a serene seemingly untouched escarpment of natural landscape. (Janet McKenzie, Arthur Boyd: Art and Life, pp.186-189)

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Zhong Chen (b.1969)

Arriving in the gallery soon

Zhong Chen (b.1969)
Rainy Day 6
Oil on linen
90 x 122 cm

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Ray Crooke (b.1922)

Ray Crooke (b.1922)
Mother and Child c.1985
oil on canvas
60 x 50cm
Provenance: Private collection, Sydney
no.11274

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Sir Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)

Sir Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)
New Guinea Series 1968
ripolin and mixed media on paper
52 x 79cm (sight size)
Signed: 'Nolan' lower right
Provenance: Savill Gallery, Sydney. (Label attached verso)
The Everad Read Gallery, Johannesburg. (Label attached verso)
Private collection, Sydney
no. 11272

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Sir Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)
Central Australia 1967
ripolin on paper
52 x 76cm (sight size)
Signed: 'Nolan 1967' lower right
Provenance: Private collection, Sydney
no. 11273

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James Gleeson (1915-2008)

James Gleeson (1915-2008)
Figure in Psychoscape c.1965
oil on board
14.5 x 11 cm
Signed 'Gleeson' lower right
Provenance: Private collection, Sydney
no.11271

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Adriane Strampp (b.1960)

Arriving soon in the gallery

Adriane Strampp (b.1960)
Untitled 2004
Oil on canvas
150 x 350 cm (total - 3 panels)
Provenance: Private Collection Sydney
Eva Breuer Art Dealer, 2004
no.6648a

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Current Exhibition

Wayne Eager (b.1957)
New Paintings 2010

Wayne Eager (b.1957)
Green Grass 2010
acrylic on linen
120 x 65 cm
no.11232

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Upcoming Exhibition

Food & Art
On view from 26th March 2010

David Boyd (b.1924)

David Boyd (b.1924)
Two Children with apple and orange 1999
Oil on board
16.5 x 19cm
no.3740

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Children in Art
On view from 6th April 2010

Brett Whiteley (1939-1992)

Brett Whiteley (1939-1992)
Mother and Child 1977
Etching 32/60
60.5 x 45cm (plate size)
75.5 x 53cm (sheet size)
Edition of 60, with 8-10 APs
Printer: Max Miller, Sydney
Publisher: Port Jackson Press, Sydney
Exhibited: 'Recent Paintings and Drawings', Fischer Fine Art Limited, London, September 1977, cat. 74
no.7059

Note: The mother in this etching is the artist's sister Fran, with her baby (Source: Brett Whiteley: The Graphics 1961-1992, Deutscher Art Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1995)

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Pam Sackville (b.1944)
New Paintings 2010

Opening Saturday 17 April 2010, 3-5PM

Paintings available to view now

Pam Sackville (b.1944)
Pears in a Napoleon Dish 2008
Watercolour on arches paper
75 x 105cm
no.9647

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Featured Graphics

John Coburn (1925-2006)

John Coburn (1925-2006)
Cosi fan Tutti 1990
Screen Print (13 colours)
Edition A/P on BFK Rives
artist's proof: 10
60 x 50cm (image)
76 x 56.5cm (sheet)
signed, dated LR, inscribed with title LC and with edition LL
printed by Michael Phelps, Sydney
commissioned by Opera Australia on the theme of one of
the operas performed in that season. Due to timing his
print was not part of a set of 5 prints by other artists, also on
opera themes, commissioned around the same time.
no.11222

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David Wadelton

David Wadelton
Still Life - Hand and Foot
Lithograph 42/60
64 x 45.5cm
Commissioned by the Australian Opera for its
Australian Opera's 40th Anniversary Print Portfolio
(to be sold individually)
no.7735

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Current Exhibition

March
Gallery 1: Autumn Exhibition
Gallery 2: Wayne Eager

Upcoming Exhibitions

March
Gallery 1: Autumn Exhibition
Gallery 2: Food & Art

April
Gallery 1: Autumn Exhibition
Gallery 2: Children in Art
Gallery 2: Pam Sackville

May
Gallery 1: Autumn Exhibition
Gallery 2: Brian Seidel

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Press Release: Food & Art

The representation of food has always had a presence within the realm of the visual arts. The sharing of food and drink is a communal behavior similar to the way art acts as a forum for dialogue. This collection of paintings from the gallery stock room explores the appearance of food in not only traditional still life paintings and banquet scenes but also in figurative paintings such as David Boyd’s Two Children with apple and orange and Ray Crooke’s Villagers Relaxing.


The still life paintings range from knobby yellow capsicums by Ena Joyce to Elisabeth Kruger’s perfectly round clementines that appear to be rosy and ripe. Sophie Dunlop’s opulent coloured etchings display fruits scattered among various bowls and pitchers with a background echoing the aesthetic of a Roman fresco. Dunlop layers the connections between food and art by referencing art itself within the genre of a still life. With this in mind, the quite composition of a jar of paint brushes and a lone squash in Judy Cassab’s Untitled painting can be viewed as the crux of the exhibition and a celebration of creative output, both artistic and culinary.


Food & Art will be on view starting March 26th at Eva Breuer Art Dealer.

Artwork of the Day - David Boyd - Three Children by the Sea

David Boyd (b.1924)
Three Children by the Sea c.1980
Oil on board
43 x 65 cm
Signed 'David Boyd' lower right
Provenance: Private collection NSW
no.11077

David Boyd is a figurative painter, ceramic sculptor and potter. David Boyd's art stems from a long family tradition of artistic talent. Acclaimed as a potter in the fifties and sixties, he began his career as a painter in 1957 with a series of symbolic paintings on Australian explorers. Since then, David Boyd has painted several major series of works, including his powerful Trial series, the Tasmanian Aborigines, the Wanderer and Exiles series. Picturing innocence and evil, destruction and creation, his works convey mythical and universal themes. Having won significant international recognition, David Boyd was invited by the Commonwealth Institute of Art, London, to hold a retrospective of paintings at their Art Gallery in 1969. David Boyd is represented in the Australian National Gallery, Canberra; all State and many regional galleries; the Mertz collection, USA; the Power collection, Sydney; and many major international galleries and private collections in Australia and overseas.

GALLERY NEWS 5 JANUARY 2010: Ray Crooke, Tim Storrier, Garry Shead

83 Moncur Street Woollahra NSW 2025
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Important Australian Paintings

Garry Shead (b.1942)

Garry Shead (b.1942)
Monarchy at Sunset 1995
Oil on canvas
122 x 155 cm
Signed 'Garry Shead 95' lower left
no.1606

Illustrated: Grishin., S, Garry Shead, Encounters with Royalty,
Craftsman House 1998, plate 3, page 37.

Exhibited: Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
Touring Exhibition, Brisbane City Gallery, 1998

Provenance: Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney

Monarchy at Sunset 1995 is one of the largest major paintings from the early period of the important 'Royal Suite' series.

The painting is illustrated in the definitive text on the series and is one of the largest paintings from the beginning of the series in 1995. The composition is a complex one involving multiple large figures including both the Queen and the Consort. The painting also includes the other essential images of the best paintings of the series; the harbour bridge, the silhouetted kangaroo, the Koala and the sprig of golden wattle.

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Garry Shead (b.1942)
The Rocking Horse 1986
Oil on board
90 x 120 cm
Provenance: Private collection Sydney
no.11133

Spanning more than five years, the 'Outback' series is an important period of work by Garry Shead that encapsulates his father’s narrative history of the adventurous jackaroo. Themes running throughout the body of work include loss of freedom and frustration symbolised by the breaking of the horse. Visually inspired by the outback landscapes by Sidney Nolan, the paintings are composed of warm ochres and burnt sienna reds. Initially the horses depicted in the early works from the series contained parts of the female body. The horses evolved to embody a sexual energy typically reserved for Shead’s female subjects and the relationship between man and horse served “as a metaphor for the relationship between man and woman, while the vastness of the outback landscape is constant setting for this drama.”1

1 Grishin S, Garry Shead and The Erotic Muse, Craftsman House, 2001 p.87

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Garry Shead (b.1942)
Dancer c.1998
Oil on board
59 x 43 cm
Provenance: Private collection Sydney
no.11134

As Sasha Grishin describes the series: “Throughout the series the constant recurring motif is that of the fully clad male dancer, usually shown in an evening suit and occasionally appearing slightly awkward and uncertain of himself, accompanied by a nude, or an almost nude female dancer. On one very basic level there is the aspect of voyeuristic erotic wish-fullfillment, drawing on the surrealist strategy of undressing the woman with the male gaze that had been so effectively employed by Renne Magrite. Shead’s female dancers are of great sensuous beauty and lyrical charm. There is a hint of a more metaphysical dimension of this dance, relating it to the dance of life as interpreted by artists like Edvard Munch. The Dance is performed on an allegorical stage like the arena of life, sometimes with an awareness of an audience and sometimes under the harsh glow of the spotlights. In most of the ‘Dance Sequence’ paintings there is an indication of an open door in the background, at times shown as the source of light, but in all instances the door way is a path for esacpe. Shead achieves in this series of paintings a great lryicism in the paint surface, a warm sensuousness through which the female flesh glows in a rich radiance. Increasingly these intimate interior settings allude to ambiguous and seductive dream-like reality where ideas and interpretations float free from gravity and verbal associations."

Reference: Grishin S, Garry Shead and The Erotic Muse, Craftsman House, 2001 p.166.

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Ray Crooke (b.1922)

Ray Crooke (b.1922)
Untitled (Three Figures)
oil on canvas
75 x 61cm
signed lower left 'R. Crooke'
Provenance: Private collection Sydney
no.11049

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Ray Crooke (b.1922)
Untitled
Oil on board
49.3 x 60 cm
Provenance: Private collection Sydney
no.10657

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Tim Storrier (b.1949)

Tim Storrier (b.1949)
The Night Wind 2009
oil on canvas
61.5 x 122.5cm
no.11149

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Roland Wakelin (1887-1971)

Roland Wakelin (1887-1971)
Terrace Houses Double Bay 1963
Oil on board
45 x 64 cm
Signed 'R.Wakelin 63' bottom left
no.11144

Provenance:
Private collection, Melbourne
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
Toorak Art Gallery (label attached verso) - On loan from Mr P English
Geelong Art Gallery (label attached verso)
Roland Wakelin Retrospective Art Gallery of NSW 8 - 30 April 1967 cat no.87
Roland Wakelin: Master of Colour, A Newcastle Regional Gallery Touring exhibition, 2002
Toured to Newcastle City Art Gallery 10-13 May 1967

Illustrated:
Roland Wakelin: Master of Colour, A Newcastle Regional Gallery Touring exhibition, 2002

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John Coburn (1925-2006)

John Coburn (1925-2006)
The Four Seasons (Summer) 1994
Oil on canvas
64.5 x 89.5cm
Signed 'Coburn' lower right
Signed and inscribed verso 'John Coburn/ summer/ 1994/ Oil'
Provenance: The Royal Pines Resort, Queensland. Commissioned directly from the artist in 1994
no.9087
cat no.11

Influenced by Matisse, Rothko and Miro, Coburn’s art is motivated by the natural world and by his own personal spirituality. The Seasons is arguably one of the most important motifs of Coburn’s career. Encompassing both the natural and the spiritual, the Seasons appear in all decades of Coburn’s work culminating in a series of nine monumental tapestries commissioned in 1988 by the Christensen Fund which were woven in Aubusson, France. The present four paintings represent the individual seasons of nature and parallel the ‘growth, development, transformation and renewal of the spirit.’1 As Alan Rozen suggests “it is through his integrity in relating his religion to nature and nature to religion,” that Coburn achieves his raison d’etre.2

Memories of the landscape of his childhood are predominant in all the Seasons of Nature paintings. As Coburn told Nadine Amadio; “They derive from my childhood when I was growing up in Queensland in the tropical vegetation.”3 Each of the present paintings, which were commissioned by the Royal Pines Resort in 1994, is a seasonal garden of delight; Spring has a clarity and brightness that suggests warm spring air and new life, Autumn glows with rich golden hues, Winter suggests a withdrawing and pulling back of life forces and Summer is an exultant celebration of life and regeneration.

1 Amadio, N., John Coburn’s The Seasons Tapestries, The Christensen Fund, 1988, p.3.
2 Rozen, A., The Art of John Coburn, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1979, p.9.
3 Amadio, N., John Coburn’s ‘The Seasons’ Tapestries, The Christensen Fund, 1988, p.12.

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Anna Platten (b.1957)

Anna Platten (b.1957)
Head and House 2007
charcoal on paper
125 x 100 cm
Finalist in the Kedumba drawing prize 2007
no.10769

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Sale Section

David Boyd (b.1924)

David Boyd (b.1924)
The Willow and the Wattle 1990
Oil on canvas
34 x 44cm
Signed lower left 'David Boyd'
Titled, signed and dated on stretcher verso
Provenance: Private collection Sydney
no.10699

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Jimmy Pike (1940-2002)

Jimmy Pike (1940-2002)
Parapara and Kurrkuminti
acrylic on canvas
75 x 60cm
verso: parapara and kurrkuminti
J Pike
no.10152

Pike was born during World War Two in the Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia. His people, the Walmajarri, had very limited contact with white Australians, and Pike did not meet a white person until he was 13. While living a traditional nomadic life Pike learned to create ceremonial designs, often applied to the body, which depicted the stories and knowledge of his tribe. As a young adult Pike begun working at cattle stations in the Kimberley rather than continuing to live a traditional nomadic life. During this time he begun to supplement his earnings as a stockman by carving boomerangs and wooden curios to sell to tourists.

In 1979 Pike was sent to jail after being convicted of killing another Aboriginal man. While incarcerated he begun to paint, draw and make prints. His bold colours and patterns drew attention early and his two art teachers in prison set up a company to market his work. After his release in 1986 Pike concentrated on his art, and he and his wife (Pat Lowe, a community welfare officer he met while in prison) published several books written by her and illustrated by Pike.

During his life Pike held successful exhibitions in China, South Africa, Italy, England and the Philippines. His work is held in numerous public collections including the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Art Gallery of South Australia, the Queensland Art Gallery, the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory and the Art Gallery of Western Australia.

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Tim Storrier (b.1949)

Tim Storrier (b. 1949)
Desert c.1975
Oil on board
104 x 140cm
signed 'Storrier' lower right
no.10151

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Contemporary Australian Paintings

Stephen Nothling (b.1962)

Stephen Nothling (b.1962)

Cover of Darkness 2
oil on canvas
160 x 190cm
no.10879

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Michael Muir (b.1975)

Michael Muir (b.1975)
Untitled
pastel on paper
oil on canvas
66 x 66cm
no.10743

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Don Rankin (b.1947)

Don Rankin (b.1947)
Poppies (study #4) 2009
Oil on canvas
80 x 60 cm

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Featured Graphic

John Olsen (b.1928)

John Olsen (b.1928)
Fish & Kettle 2002
Etching 10/30
11 x 20cm (plate size)
no.9583

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Current Exhibition

January
Gallery 1 & 2: Summer Exhibition


Upcoming Exhibitions

February
Gallery 1 & 2: Summer Exhibition

March
Gallery 1: Autumn Exhibition
Gallery 2: Wayne Eager

April
Gallery 1: Autumn Exhibition
Gallery 2: Pam Sackville

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Gallery News 2 September: James Gleeson, Sali Herman, Tony Irving

83 Moncur Street Woollahra NSW 2025
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Important Australian Paintings

James Gleeson (1915-2008)

James Gleeson (1915-2008)
The Monuments 1990
oil on linen
155.7 x 241cm
no.2355

Provenenance: The artist

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James Gleeson (1915-2008)
Study for The Monuments 1989
Charcoal and collage on paper
30.5 x 46 cm
Signed and dated 'Gleeson 12.9.89' L.L.
Inscribed 'Study for The Monuments' verso
Provenance: David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney
Exhibited: 'James Gleeson" Works on Paper' David Jones Art
Gallery, Sydney 25 Oct - 15 Nov 1990, no. 35
no.10792
To be included with the purchase of The Monuments 1990

James Gleeson's passing in 2008 marked the end of one of the greatest careers in Australian Art. Gleeson leaves behind one of the most important bodies of work ever produced by an Austraian artist. His devotion to, and mastery of Surrealism spanning the 1930's to the late 1990's remains an important record of not only his work but that of the Surrealist genre. Gleeson played a significant role in the Australian art world, not only as a painter and poet, but as a critic, writer and curator. Gleeson combined a great intelligence with skillful draughtsmanship and great facility in handling paint. Delving into the subconscious, Gleeson used literary, mythological or religious subject matter to allow the viewer glimpses of extraordinary beauty. The Monuments 1990 is a large work from the late period which convey a sumptuous monumentality.

Gleeson is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, most regional galleries, university collections, Artbank, and many corporate and private collections.

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Sali Herman (1898-1993)

Sali Herman (1898-1993)
Norfolk Island Scene 1970
Oil on masonite
45 x 55cm
Signed 'S Herman 70' lower right
Provenance: Private collection Sydney, Directly from artist in 1975
no.10789

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Ray Crooke (b. 1922)

Ray Crooke (b. 1922)
Greetings 2007
oil on canvas on board
59 x 49 cm
Signed: 'R Crooke' lower left
Provenance: Private collection Sydney
no.10537

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Eubena Nampitjin (b. c.1921)

Eubena Nampitjin (born c.1921)
Kunawarritjic 2004
Acrylic on linen
100 x 100cm
Warlayirti Artists # 860/04
verso: Warlayirti Artists 1000 x 1000
Eubena Nampitjin 860/04
Provenance: Warlayirti Artists
Eva Breuer Art Dealer
Private collection Sydney
no. 8597a

Eubena has painted some of her country south west of Balgo, along the Canning Stock Route. The circle to the right of the painting represents Kunawarritji (Well 33) and is the place where Eubena would often hunt. The circle to left is a small tjurrnu and a place where women dance. The strong lines in the painting depict the tali (sandhills) that dominate this country.

Eubena Nampitjin is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, many regional galleries as well as many other public collections throughout Australia.

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David Boyd (b.1924)

David Boyd (b.1924)
Untitled (woman under a tree)
Oil on board
49.5 x 59cm
no.10365

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David Boyd (b.1924)
Boy Chasing White Cockatoo
Oil on canvas
59 x 69cm
signed 'David Boyd' Lower left
no.10368

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Zhong Chen (b.1969)

Zhong Chen (b.1969)
Beijing Girl 6 2009
Oil on linen
132 x 132 cm
no.10665

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Upcoming Exhibition

Tony Irving (b.1939)
Other places, other views
Opening Saturday 12 September 3-5pm

Tony Irving (b.1939)
Promise of things to come
oil on linen
51 x 112cm
no.10802

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Tony Irving (b.1939)
Roman Spring
gouache on arches paper
45 x 63cm
no.10800

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Geoffrey Proud (b. 1946)

Geoffrey Proud (b. 1946)
Madrigal
pastel on paper
67 x 47cm
signed 'Proud' lower right
no.10167

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Geoffrey Proud (b. 1946)
Steam Shovel Love
pastel on paper
61 x 76cm
signed 'Proud' lower right
no.10165

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Featured Graphic

John Olsen (b.1928)

John Olsen (b.1928)
Papegeno
Etching 42/60
60 x 44cm
Commissioned by the Australian Opera for its
Australian Opera's 40th Anniversary Print Portfolio
(to be sold individually)
no.7734

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Current Exhibition

August
Gallery 1: Victor Rubin
Gallery 2: Winter Exhibition


Upcoming Exhibitions

September
Gallery 1: Tony Irving
Gallery 2: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 1: Judy Cassab & John Seed

October
Gallery 1: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 2: Sam Wade
Gallery 2: Rosemary Valadon
Gallery 2: Madeleine Winch

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