John Olsen born 1928

• Lot Sold $250,000 (Hammer Price)
• $300,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

LANDSCAPE WOUNDED BY SUMMER 1985-1986

oil on canvas
signed and dated 'John Olsen / 86' lower right
185 X 245CM

PROVENANCE
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne

EXHIBITED
John Olsen - In Search of the Open Country 1961-1986, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, 5 August - 14 September 1986, no. 125
John Olsen, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 17 September - 7 October 1986, no. 2, illustrated

LITERATURE
Rod Carmichael, 'Review Sees a Major Artist Emerge', The Sun, Melbourne, 21 August 1986, p. 21
Laurie Duggan, '25 Years of Olsen Joy in Art', The National Times, Sydney, 7 September 1986, p. 34
Christopher Leonard, 'Art and Memory: John Olsen's Recent Paintings', Art and Australia, Vol. 24, No. 3, Autumn 1987, p. 370
Deborah Hart, John Olsen, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1991, p. 168

 

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