John Coburn (1925 - 2006)

THE SEASONS, 1988

nine colour screenprints

48.0 x 72.0 cm (8); 55.0 x 48.0 cm (1)
69.0 x 90.0 cm frame (8); 90.0 x 69.0 cm frame (1)

each signed, dated, inscribed and numbered below image
(i) SUMMER, 1988
(ii) AUTUMN, 1988
(iii) WINTER, 1988
(iv) SPRING, 1988
(v) PARADISE GARDEN, 1988
(vi) TREE OF LIFE, 1988
(vii) DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION, 1988
(viii) RESURRECTION, 1988
(ix) HOZANNA, 1988

Private collection, Adelaide
Deutscher and Hackett, 14 September 2021, lot 10
Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above

John Coburn: ‘The Seasons’ tapestries, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 November 1989 – 28 January 1990; and touring to Nolan Gallery, Tharwa, 22 August – 21 October 1990; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, February – April 1991; New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, April – May 1991; Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales, September – October 1992

Kolenberg, J., John Coburn: Prints 1959 – 2000, Australian Galleries, Melbourne , 2000, cats. 67 – 75, pp. 35 – 36 (illus., another example)

The Seasons, 1987, nine wool tapestries, 183.0 x 274.0 cm (8), 274.0 x 244.0 cm (1), in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, gift of the Christensen Fund 1995
Nine cartoons for ‘The Seasons’ tapestries, 1986, pencil drawings, 28.5 x 38.0 cm (8), 38.0 x 35.5 cm (1), in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, gift of the Christensen Fund 1995