Lot 23

Very good condition. Minor blemishes and imperfections on the surface resembling dust settlement in areas of paint texture/build-up. A small crack in the paint is present in the upper left edge, in line with the frame (2cm in length). Overall size with frame: 182 x 182.5cm


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Mr and Mrs K. R. Glasson, Sydney
Thence by decent
Christie's, Melbourne, 22 August 2005, lot 22
Private collection, Sydney

Weston, N., Lawrence Daws, Reed Publications, Sydney 1982, p. 94 (illus.)

'Returning to Australia early in 1970, the need to connect with the Australian landscape was strong, and a geologist friend, Ken Glasson, with whom Daws had earlier worked in the field, arranged for him to spend a month on survey work in Western Australia at a remote area some 130 kilometers south of Kalgoorlie on a nickel prospect' - Neville Weston

Daws arrived at Marvel Loch a former gold mining town and upon visiting the pub saw an old framed photograph and cutting regarding an early mining disaster at the mine