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Lot 44

JOHN OLSEN (1928-2023)
McElhone Steps 1963
lithograph, ed. 18/50
signed and dated lower centre: John Olsen 63
editioned lower centre
titled in plate lower centre
57 x 90cm (sheet); 75.5 x 97cm (frame)

Estimate $3,000 - $5,000

Sold for $2,400


National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne


Australian Prints from the Gallery's Collection 1998-1999, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 6 November 1998 - 7 February 1999 (another example)
Suburb, Museum of Sydney, Sydney, 15 April – 23 July 2000 (another example)


Kolenberg, H., Australian Prints from the Gallery's Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 1998, p. 112, cat. no. 93 (illus., another example)
McGregor, K., Teeming with Life: John Olsen: His Complete Graphics 1957-2005, Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, 2005, p. 12, cat. no. 4 (illus., another example)


Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; and Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.

© John Olsen/Copyright Agency, 2025

Prints and Multiples

AUCTION
Sale: IT098
6:00pm - 3 December 2025
Timed Online Auction (Melbourne)

VIEWING
Fri 28 - Sun 30 Nov, 10am - 4pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn VIC

CONTACT
Hannah Ryan
hannah.ryan@leonardjoel.com.au


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