Lot 85
Self-Portrait V (Non-Objective Composition) 1988
(From The Portfolio Aus Australien 1987-89)
woodcut, ed. P/P
signed and dated lower right: John Nixon 1988
editioned lower left
70.5 x 54cm
Estimate $1,000 - $1,600
Viridian Press, Victoria
Private collection, Victoria
"Five woodblock prints by John Nixon were included in the print portfolio Aus Australien (From Australia) produced in 1988 by German curator and gallerist René Block. All are monochromes in various dimensions, although traditionally a woodblock print is engraved with an image, and sometimes printed in several colours. Nixon considers the monochrome to be a reduction back to the conceptual essence of the self, and back to the essence of art, and consequently each print is entitled Self-Portrait (Non-Objective Composition)."
(Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney)
Other impressions of this print are held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
RELATED WORK:
John Nixon, Self Portrait (Non-Objective Composition) 1985-88, oil, acrylic and enamel plate on flax, 76.5 x 76.5cm, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.
© John Nixon/Copyright Agency, 2023
Prints & Multiples
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