Lot 43

Work is in very good condition with no faults to report. Well framed measuring 72.5 x 63.5cm.


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Art + Australia, 2012
Private collection, Melbourne

Art + Australia, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, 17-20 Februrary 2012 (another example)

From one of Del Kathryn Barton's inspirations, the artist's fantasy world led to the 14-minute animated adaption of Oscar Wilde's work 'The Nightingale and the Rose' in 2015 with filmmaker Brendan Fletcher.
"When I first discovered Oscar Wilde's radical fairy story 'The Nightingale and the Rose' as a teenager, it seemed to me that the character of the Nightingale breathed with the energy of a true artist"
This print was published by Art + Australia, alongside the book publication of The Nightingale and the Rose.