Peter Powditch
(born 1942)
MAROUBRA OLYMPIC, 1968
oil on shaped board
223.5 x 137.0 cm
227.0 x 139.5 cm (frame)
signed and dated lower right: POWDITCH '68
bears inscription verso: “MAROUBRA OLYMPIC / oil, acrylic, RELIEF. 68 / 88 x 54 / Powditch 68
Estimate:
$20,000 - $30,000
Sold:
$79,773 (inc. BP)
lot details
227.0 x 139.5 cm (frame)
bears inscription verso: “MAROUBRA OLYMPIC / oil, acrylic, RELIEF. 68 / 88 x 54 / Powditch 68
Gallery A, Sydney
Ann Lewis AO, Sydney
Mossgreen, Sydney, 7 November 2011, lot 162
Private collection, Sydney
Exhibited
Peter Powditch, Gallery A, Sydney, March 1969
Gallery A Sydney 1964 – 1983, Campbelltown Arts Centre, New South Wales, 21 March – 3 May, 2009;
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales, 9 May – 19 July 2009
Literature
Catalano, G., The Years of Hope: Australian art and criticism 1959-1968, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1981, p. 171 (illus.)
Murphy, J., Gallery A Sydney 1964 – 1983, Campbelltown Arts Centre, New South Wales, 2009, pp. 40 (illus. with artist), 41 (illus.), 232
This work is located in our Sydney Gallery
Condition:
This work is in excellent, stable and near original condition.
Under ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of past restoration.
The work would benefit from a light surface clean.
The work is housed in the artist’s original timber frame.