John Coburn

(1925 - 2006)

CANTICLE OF THE SUN II, 1967

oil on canvas

76.5 x 86.5 cm

signed lower right: Coburn
signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: “CANTICLE OF THE SUN” 1/67 / JOHN COBURN

Estimate:
$18,000 - $24,000

Sold:
$29,280 (inc. BP)

Lot 56

John Coburn

CANTICLE OF THE SUN II

, 1967

lot details

John Coburn (1925 - 2006)
CANTICLE OF THE SUN II, 1967
oil on canvas
76.5 x 86.5 cm
signed lower right: Coburn
signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: “CANTICLE OF THE SUN” 1/67 / JOHN COBURN
Provenance

Private collection
Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 14 August 1989, lot 127
Adrian Slinger, Queensland
Private collection, London

Literature

Amadio, N., John Coburn: Paintings, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1988, p. 197

Related Works

Canticle Of The Sun, 1965, oil on board, 162.0 x 152.5 cm, formerly Harold E. Mertz Collection, United States of America, illus. in Gleeson, J., Masterpieces of Australian Painting, Lansdowne, Melbourne, 1969, pl. 87, p. 205
Canticle Of The Sun II, 1974, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 91.0 x 91.0 cm, private collection