Lot 17
The 1st Day: The Spirit of God Brooded over the Waters
wool tapestry, ed. 3/3
woven signature lower right: Coburn
woven Pinton Manufacture de Tapisseries d'Aubusson monogram lower left
signed and titled on label attached verso
234 x 188cm
Estimate $18,000 - $24,000
Pinton Manufacture de Tapisseries d'Aubusson, France (label verso)
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne 1978
The ANZ Art Collection
Menzies, Sydney, 29 November 2023, lot 9
Private collection, Melbourne
Aubusson Tapestries, Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, 21 April - 13 May 1970; then touring Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 19 May - 3 June 1970; Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide, 6 - 25 June 1970 (illus. in exhibition catalogue, another example)
John Coburn, Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, 25 October - 10 November 1973, cat. no. 1
John Coburn Exhibition, Genesis Galleries, New York, 7 - 31 January 1977
John Coburn: Aubusson Tapestries, Philip Bacon Galleries at St John's Cathedral, Brisbane, 21 September 1978 (another example)
This work is the first from John Coburn's series, The Seven Days of Creation (from The Book of Genesis) 1969-70
RELATED WORK
An example of the complete series of tapestries
(edition 2/3) is held in the collection of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C., gift from the Australian Government 1970
John Coburn, The Seven Days of Creation 1977, screenprints (7) based on the tapestries, edition of 50
© John Coburn/Copyright Agency, 2025
Fine Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8773
6:00pm - 18 March 2025
Hawthorn
VIEWING
Fri 14 - Sun 16 Mar, 10am - 4pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn VIC
Lot 9, George Baldessin's Emblems will be on view by appointment only, at the following location.
Meridian Sculpture
8 Spring St, Fitzroy, VIC 3065
CONTACT
Wiebke Brix
wiebke.brix@leonardjoel.com.au
SIMILAR ITEMS
Lot 9
GEORGE BALDESSIN (1939-1978) Emblems 1973 Emblem I, Emblem II, Emblem III i. cast bronze ii. rusted steel iii. rusted steel 480cm he...
Estimate: $100,000-150,000
Lot 45
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) Yellow Tug Boat oil on canvas 81 x 102cm
Estimate: $60,000-80,000
Lot 48
ROBERT DICKERSON (1924-2015) Waiting, Mother and Child 1991 acrylic on canvas 120 x 150cm
Estimate: $50,000-80,000
Lot 21
LIN ONUS (1948-1996) Wax Dogs on Lake Eyre 1989 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 61 x 114cm
Estimate: $45,000-65,000