George Baldessin

(1939 - 1978)

N. M. REMNANT, 1973

etching and aquatint on paper

83.0 x 55.0 cm
103.5 x 75.0 cm (frame)

signed and dated lower right: George Baldessin 73
inscribed with title lower centre: ‘N M Remnant’
editioned lower left: Artist proof for Alma

Estimate:
$6,000 - $9,000

Sold:
$2,900 (inc. BP)

Lot 22

George Baldessin

N. M. REMNANT

, 1973

lot details

George Baldessin (1939 - 1978)
N. M. REMNANT, 1973
etching and aquatint on paper
83.0 x 55.0 cm
103.5 x 75.0 cm (frame)
signed and dated lower right: George Baldessin 73
inscribed with title lower centre: ‘N M Remnant’
editioned lower left: Artist proof for Alma
Provenance

Private collection, Victoria
Thence by descent
Private collection, Victoria

Exhibited

Opening Exhibition, Crossley Gallery, Melbourne, November 1973 (another example)
George Baldessin: Complete Etchings, Mornington Peninsula Art Centre, Victoria, 3 October – 17 November 1974, cat. 202 (another example)
George Baldessin: Sculpture and Etchings, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 8 August – 18 September 1983, cat. 52 (another example)

Literature

Lindsay, R., and Holloway, M., George Baldessin: Sculpture and Etchings, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1983, cat. 52, cover (illus., another example), pp. 72, 73 (illus., another example)
Edquist, H., George Baldessin: Paradox & Persuasion, Australian Galleries Publishing, Melbourne, 2009, pp. 140 (illus., another example), 141, 249

Related Works

Another example of this etching is held in the collection of Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane