John Olsen (1928 - 2023)

BICYCLE BOYS (STUDY), 1954 – 55

pen and ink and wash on paper

33.5 x 37.5 cm

signed lower left: J Olsen

Rudy Komon, Sydney
The Estate of Rudy Komon, Sydney
Ray Hughes, Sydney
The Estate of Ray Hughes, Sydney

Drawing for The Bicycle Boys Rejoice, 1954 – 55, pen and brush and ink, watercolour and crayon on paper, 37.5 x 40.6 cm, in the collection of the Reverend Ian Brown, Melbourne, illus. in Hurlston, D., and Edwards, D., John Olsen The You Beaut Country, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2016, p. 7
The Bicycle Boys Rejoice, 1955, 60.0 x 75.5 cm, oil on canvas, The Estate of James Fairfax AC, Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 30 August 2017, lot 7, private collection, Melbourne, illus., in Spate, V., John Olsen, Georgian House, Melbourne, 1963, pl. 10, p. 17 (illus.)