Lot 103

Fair condition. Minor slack to both canvases and faint warp to the left hand panel. Light marks to the surface, and moderate scratches to the far corners (only visible when viewing close-up). On the right hand panel, there appear to be 2-3 applied stars missing.


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Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra
Private collection, Melbourne

Filter, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra, 22 October - 21 November 2004

"The figure represented in the right-hand panel is Queen Alexandra at her coronation ceremony in 1902. On August 9th 1902 Edward VII and his wife Alexandra were crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and as Emperor and Empress of India, at Westminster Abbey, London on the 9th August 1902.
Following the death of Queen Victoria, the new Monarchs are crowned. Australia became a Federation 1901. As the new reigning Queen of Australia, to Edwards' King, Australians became their subjects. In the left-hand panel a frieze of official royal emblems frames the borders of a highly reflective internal space. Drawn into the painting's narrative, the audience is captured within the frame; reflected as ghostly images within." (The Artist)