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JOHN OLSEN Australian, B. 1928
Estimate
120,000 - 140,000 AUD
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Description
- John Olsen
- JOIE DE VIVRE
- Woven signature and workshop monogram lower left and title lower right
- Woven wool tapestry; edition 5/6
- 178 by 299 cm
- Designed by Olsen in Australia in 1964 and woven at the Manufactura de Tapeçarias de Portalegre, Portugal
Provenance
Joanna C. Dusseldorp, Sydney; thence by descent
Exhibited
John Olsen, Clune Galleries, Sydney, April 1965, cat. 1 (one tapestry from the edition; others from the edition of six went to the National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and the collection of Harold E. Mertz)
Literature
See Deborah Hart, John Olsen, Craftsman House, Sydney, rev edn. 2000, illus. pl. 46, pp. 77, 252