Lot 133
Lake Eyre - The Desert Sea 2014
archival pigment print, ed. 44/300
signed lower right: John Olsen
editioned lower left
titled lower centre
signed and dated in plate
67 x 75cm
Estimate $2,000 - $3,000
The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney
Private collection, Melbourne
"I first went to Lake Eyre in 1974. It was only the second time it had flooded since Cook landed in Australia. Swollen rivers poured in to fill the dry lake, transforming it into a vast inland sea. I became fascinated with the paradox of Lake Eyre: there it is, and there it isn't. Suddenly the silent dry salt pans transform into a vast lake filled with fish, flotillas of noisy birds and animal life teem in. Then it dries out and becomes a vast silent, salt-encrusted expanse again. Lake Eyre has a special spiritual quality that kept drawing me back to it, time and again. It's so full of wondrous contradictions and enigmas, which inspire more meditative contemplation."
(The Artist)
RELATED WORK:
John Olsen, Lake Eyre - The Desert Sea 2014, oil on canvas, 140 x 150cm, private collection
© John Olsen/Copyright Agency, 2023
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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