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JAMES GLEESON
1915-2008

The Soft Geometry of Chance 2000

$20,000–30,000

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© The Gleeson/O'Keefe Foundation

JAMES GLEESON

1915-2008
The Soft Geometry of Chance 2000

oil on canvas
signed and dated 'Gleeson '00' lower left
133 x 178 cm

  • Lot Sold $32,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $40,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Watters Gallery, Sydney
Private Collection, Sydney
Important Australian Art, Sotheby's Australia, 22 November 2011, lot 54, illustrated
Rex-Livingstone Art, Sydney
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above

Exhibited

James Gleeson: The Riddle of the Clouds, Watters Gallery, Sydney, 26 September - 14 October 2000, no. 8, illustrated
James Gleeson: Beyond the Screen of Sight, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 29 October 2004 - 27 February 2005; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 18 March - 13 June, no. 83, illustrated

Literature

Lou Klepac, with contributions by Geoffrey Smith, Ken Wach, Renée Free and Bruce James, James Gleeson: Beyond the Screen of Sight, The Beagle Press, Roseville, New South Wales, 2004, pp. 177 (illustrated), 200

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Specialists

Geoffrey Smith

Geoffrey Smith

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Senior Specialist

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Brett Ballard

Brett Ballard

Senior Specialist

Australian & International Art 
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Liza Hallam

Liza Hallam

Administrator

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Important Australian & International Art

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