Lot 161
Sydney Harbour - Seaport of Desire 2002-2003
complete suite of etchings (7) with title page, ed. 12/90
all contained in the original portfolio case
each signed and dated lower right: John Olsen '02/'03
each titled lower centre
each editioned lower left
56 x 75.5cm (sheet, each); 78 x 59 x 3cm (portfolio)
Estimate $6,000 - $7,000
Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne
John Olsen: Sydney Harbour: Seaport of Desire 2003, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney, 2 July - 31 December 2003 (another example)
McGregor. K., John Olsen Teeming with Life: His Complete Graphics 1957-2005, Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, 2005, pp. 221-229, cat. no. 368, 369, 370, 371, 373, 375, 377 (illus., other examples, (iv) illus., front cover)
Comprising:
(i) Opera House, accompanied by a poem
(ii) Foggy Morning
(iii) Seaport of Desire
(iv) Bondi
(v) Camp Cove
(vi) Peak Hour
(vii) The Ship Arrives
© John Olsen/Copyright Agency, 2025
Prints and Multiples
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8778
6:00pm - 16 April 2025
Hawthorn
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