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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 3, 2023 | Deutscher and Hackett | Melbourne | Important Australian + International Fine Art | 7 | $****** - ****** | THE BATH |
paintings
180 x 200 cm (70.87 x 78.74 in)
oil on canvas
signed and dated lower right: John / Olsen / 96
Olsen Carr Art Dealers, Sydney (stamped on stretcher bar verso)
Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1998
John Olsen 1993 - 1998, Olsen Carr Art Dealers, Sydney, 7 - 25 April 1998, cat. 15
John Olsen: The You Beaut Country, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square, Melbourne, 16 September 2016 - 12 February 2017; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 10 March - 12 June 2017
Masterpieces of Australian Painting, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney, 2 - 27 February 2021
John Olsen: Goya"s Dog, National Art School Gallery, Sydney, 11 - 26 June [suspended due to covid]; 29 October - 27 November 2021; Ngununggula, Southern Highlands Regional Gallery, New South Wales, 26 March - 15 May 2022
McDonald, J., ‘Masterpiece? I"ll let you know in 500 years", Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 18 April 1998, p. 14
Smee, S., ‘Worlds apart", Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 17 April 1998, p. 58
Auty, G., ‘Grasping the subject", Weekend Australian, Sydney, 11 - 12 April 1998
Hart, D., John Olsen, 2nd ed., Craftsman House, Sydney, 2000, pl. 157, pp. 228, 230 - 231 (illus.), 234, 256
Hurlston, D., and Edwards, D., (eds.), John Olsen: The You Beaut Country, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2016, pp. 61 - 62, 165 (illus.), 208
McDonald, D., ‘Culture Buff: John Olsen", The Spectator Australia, Victoria, 22 April 2017
Alderton, S., Norton, K., Wolifson, C. and Wright, B., Goya"s Dog, National Art School, Sydney, 2021, pp. 100, 101 (illus.) 145
McDonald, J., ‘King-of-bright John Olsen reveals his dark and melancholy side", Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 18 June 2021
JOHN OLSEN
(1928 - 2023)
THE BATH, 1996
oil on canvas
180.0 x 200.0 cm
signed and dated lower right: John / Olsen / 96
