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Lot 88
  • 88

JOHN OLSEN Australian, B. 1928

Estimate
2,500 - 4,500 AUD
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Description

  • John Olsen
  • TWO MINING SCENES

  • THREE THEMES: DESERTED SMELTING WORKS, BORDER TOWN, KALGOORLIE POST OFFICE
    Bears title on the reverse

    Crayon on paper

    Three sheets; each 12 by 20 cm, framed together

    THREE THEMES
    Each signed with initials lower right; one inscribed lower left 'Gold pour'; bears title on the reverse

    Crayon and pencil on paper

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

Provenance

Commissioned by 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 26 and 28

Literature

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

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