Lot 54

Private collection, Sydney

Quinn's 'Flower Series' utilises one of the oldest forms of traditional painting; the still-life. Quinn combines arrangements of flowers and fruit in his studio, bought in London on a particular day, which would often never be found in the natural world together at the same time. In this way the artist shows us how human desire has created new seasons by assembling items together in his studio which nature could not. The arrangements, often set amid a snowy ground or volcanic sand, are then painted in oil by Quinn and these paintings turned into print editions such as the present lot.