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Lot 27

MURRAY GRIFFIN (1903-1992)
Lyre Bird Feeding 1936
linocut, ed. 6/17
signed and dated lower right: Murray Griffin 36
titled lower centre
editioned lower left
signed, dated and titled in monogram
16 x 43cm

Estimate $1,000 - $1,800

Sold for $4,800


The Estate of Murray Griffin


Murray Griffin, Retrospective Exhibition, Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery, 22 July - 3 September, 1978, cat. no. 62 (another example)
Animals on Paper: from the Australian Collection of Prints, Drawings and Watercolours, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 5 September - 5 October 1992 (then touring) (another example)
Australian prints from the Gallery's Collection (1998-1999), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 6 November 1998 - 7 February 1999 (another example)
Australian Collection Focus: Colour, Rhythm, Design - wood & lino cuts of the 20s & 30s, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 March - 11 July 2010 (another example)
Modern Impressions; Australian Prints from the Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2 September 2016 - January 2017 (another example)


Hall, D., Murray Griffin, Retrospective Exhibition, Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery, Victoria, 1978, cat. no. 62 (another example)
Kolenberg, H., Animals on Paper - from the Australian Collection of Prints, Drawings and Watercolours, Sydney, 1992, cat. no. 15 (another example)
Kolenberg, H., Australian Prints, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1998, cat. no. 57, p. 68 (illus., another example)
Campbell, H., Colour, Rhythm, Design: wood & lino cuts of the 20s & 30s, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2010, pp. 2, 17 (illus., another example)


Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; and Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.

Prints & Multiples

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8708
6:00pm - 15 November 2023
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141

VIEWING
Friday 10 - Sunday 12 November, 10am - 4pm
4 University Place, Clayton VIC

CONTACT
Hannah Ryan
hannah.ryan@leonardjoel.com.au


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