Lot 31
The Leap 1975
etching, ed. 49/50
signed and dated lower right: John Olsen/ 75
titled lower centre
editioned lower left
33.5 x 50.5cm (image); 60 x 80cm (sheet); 64 x 84cm (frame)
Estimate $1,000 - $2,000
Private collection, Melbourne
Thence by descent
McGregor. K., John Olsen Teeming with Life: His Complete Graphics 1957-2005, Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, 2005, p. 42, cat. no. 20 (illus., another example)
Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; and Art Gallery of Western Australia, Adelaide.
© John Olsen/Copyright Agency, 2025
Prints and Multiples
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8778
6:00pm - 16 April 2025
Hawthorn
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