John Olsen
(1928 - 2023)
STUDY FOR THE PAELLA, 1981
watercolour and mixed media on paper
60.0 x 103.0 cm (sheet size)
signed lower right: John Olsen 81
inscribed lower centre: The Paella design for a tapestry 12’ x 5’
Estimate:
$40,000 - $50,000
lot details
John Olsen (1928 - 2023)
STUDY FOR THE PAELLA, 1981
watercolour and mixed media on paper
60.0 x 103.0 cm (sheet size)
signed lower right: John Olsen 81
inscribed lower centre: The Paella design for a tapestry 12’ x 5’
inscribed lower centre: The Paella design for a tapestry 12’ x 5’
Provenance
Company collection, Melbourne until 1997
Art Galleries Schubert, Queensland
Private collection, Queensland, acquired from the above in 1998
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 9 May 2007, lot 78
Private collection, New South Wales
Related Works
The Paella, 1981, hand woven tapestry, 145.0 x 360.0 cm, illus. in Hart, D., John Olsen, Craftsman House, Sydney, 2000, pl. 116, p. 175