Lot 104
The Dream of Saint Kilda 2006
oil on canvas
signed and dated lower right: Márquez 06
91.5 x 121.5cm
Estimate $8,000 - $12,000
Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne
Convergence, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, 2006
"In one painting, the sleeping 'saint' is observed by a rooster featured in Mexican folk art and inspired by the one cited by Jesus when he told Peter he would disown him three times, 'this very night, before the rooster crows."
(Larry Schwartz, excerpt from St Kilda, and the Mexican wave)
Fine Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8784
6:00pm - 24 June 2025
Hawthorn
VIEWING
Fri 20 June - Sun 22 June, 10am - 4pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn VIC
CONTACT
Amanda North
amanda.north@leonardjoel.com.au
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