Stephen Bush (born 1958)

BLUFF, 1990 – 91

oil on linen

152.5 x 122.0 cm
171.5 x 141.0 cm (frame)

signed, dated and inscribed with title on stretcher bar verso: “Bluff” / Stephen / Bush / 90-91
signed and dated on stretcher bar verso: Stephen Bush 17/12/90 – 14/ 1/91

Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne (label attached verso)
The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above

Stephen Bush, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, 22 June – 11 July 1991, cat. 3
BUS Art Collection, Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, New South Wales, 16 March – 12 April 1992, cat. 73
Mute Reason, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria, 27 April – 25 August 2013
Stephen Bush: Steenhuffel, The Vizard Foundation Contemporary Artist Project 2014, Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 27 March – 6 July 2014, cat. 2
Colour and Movement, Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria, 19 February – 9 June 2016
Morning, Noon and Night, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria, 13 July – 13 October 2019
on long term loan to Wollongong City Art Gallery, New South Wales

Nainby, B., Stanhope, Z., and Furlonger, K., The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, in association with Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2009, pp. 16, 158 (illus.), 214
Gellatly, K. (et al.), Stephen Bush: Steenhuffel, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, 2014, cat. 2, pp. 12, 26, 27 (illus.), 54