John Olsen
(1928 - 2023)
DEEP AND DISSOLVING VERTICALS OF LIGHT FERRY THE FALL OF MOONSHINE DOWN – SALUTE TO SLESSOR’S FIVE BELLS, 1973
watercolour, gouache and ink on paper
54.0 x 68.0 cm
signed, dated and inscribed with title lower right: -Deep & Dissolving Verticals / of light Ferry the fall of / moonshine down / salute to Slessor’s 5 Bells / 73 / John / Olsen
Estimate:
$8,000 - $12,000
Sold:
$18,300 (inc. BP)
© reproduced with the permission of VISCOPY Ltd
lot details
John Olsen (1928 - 2023)
DEEP AND DISSOLVING VERTICALS OF LIGHT FERRY THE FALL OF MOONSHINE DOWN – SALUTE TO SLESSOR’S FIVE BELLS, 1973
watercolour, gouache and ink on paper
54.0 x 68.0 cm
signed, dated and inscribed with title lower right: -Deep & Dissolving Verticals / of light Ferry the fall of / moonshine down / salute to Slessor’s 5 Bells / 73 / John / Olsen
Provenance
Private collection
Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 17 April 1989, lot 275
Private collection, Melbourne
Related Works
Salute to Five Bells, synthetic polymer paint on eight hardwood panels, 2.9 x 21.3 m, north foyer of main concert hall, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, illus. in Hart, D., John Olsen, Craftsman House, Sydney, second edition, 2000, pp. 114 – 115