Lot 60

Due to the thinness and the delicate nature of the paper, handling marks and creases present. Work is housed in a contemporary frame, with overall size measuring 53 x 59cm.


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Estate of the Artist

Butler, B. Alan Sumner Screenprints, Eastgate Gallery, Melbourne 1993, cat. no. 33 (illus.)

'I used to pass this scene every time I went to our house in Upwey and one day being forced to shelter from the rain beneath a bush opposite, decided to make a sketch later. The chooks lived in a world of their own' (The Artist)