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Lot 141
  • 141

JOHN OLSEN Australian, B. 1928

Estimate
2,500 - 4,500 AUD
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Description

  • John Olsen
  • THREE MINING SCENES

  • KALGOORLIE & THE GOLDEN MILE
    Each signed with initials, one lower right, two lower left; bears title on the reverse

    Watercolour, crayon and pencil on paper

    Three sheets; two 12 by 20 cm, one 20 by 11.5 cm, framed together

    KALGOORLIE & THE GOLDEN MILE NO. 2
    Each sheet signed with initials, two lower right, one lower left; bears title on the reverse

    Watercolour, crayon and pencil on paper

    Three sheets; two 12 by 20 cm, one 19.5 by 11 cm, framed together

    DRILLING TOWERS
    Each signed with initials, two lower right, one lower left

    Watercolour and crayon on paper


    Three sheets; two 12 by 20 cm, one 20 by 11.5 cm, framed together 

Provenance

Commissioned by the Pancontinental Mining Limited, Sydney in 1985 to mark the opening of the Paddington gold mine in Western Australia

Corporate collection, Brisbane

Exhibited

John Olsen - Gold!, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, October 1986, cats 24, 25, 20

Literature

John Olsen - Gold!, Pancontinental Mining Company Limited, Sydney, 1986, each illus. full page, unpaginated

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