Lot 132
The Watcher 1973
etching ed. 2/4
signed and dated lower right: Ania Walwicz 73
editioned lower left
titled lower centre
10 x 10cm
Estimate $200 - $300
Work in very good condition with some discolouration and yellowness seen mainly in the margin. Work is well framed with some marks.
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Private collection, Melbourne
Ania Walwicz was born in Poland in 1951 and arrived in Australia in 1963. A poet and visual artist, her works regularly draw on the experiences of migrants.
'You big ugly. You too empty. You desert with your nothing nothing nothing. You scorched suntanned. Old too quickly. Acres of suburbs watching the telly. You bore me." (The Artist)
Women Artists
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8316
6:00pm - 9 October 2019
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
Saturday 5- Sunday 6 October 10am-4pm
Wednesday 9 October 9am-4pm
CONTACT
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