Lot 38

Overall dust settlements and imperfections. Due to the textured nature of the paint application, dirt build up is evident however expected from age. Some very minor losses to the top layer of paint are evident, including the mid left side, mid centre right, and lower centre.


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Gift of the artist 1962
Private collection, Sydney
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 29 October 2014, lot 150
Private collection, Melbourne

The Blake Prize for Religious Art, Mark Foy's Art Gallery, Sydney, February 1959, cat. no.159 (label verso)

Rozen, A., The Art of John Coburn, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1979, p. 40, plate 6
Amadio, N., John Coburn: Paintings, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1988, pp. 34, 35 (illus.), 195
Klepac, L., John Coburn: The Spirit of Colour, The Beagle Press, Sydney, 2003, plate 29, pp. 49 (illus.), 213