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Lot #52 - George Baldessin

  • Auction House:
    Deutscher and Hackett
  • Sale Name:
    Timed Auction | Part II: Modern + Contemporary Art from the Cbus Collection of Australian Art
  • Sale Date:
    09 Aug 2022 ~ 7pm (AEST)
  • Lot #:
    52
  • Lot Description:
    George Baldessin
    (1939 – 1978)
    Performance (Variation 2), 1971
    etching, aquatint and coloured stencils from two plates on paper; edition of 25
    55.5 x 104.0 cm (sheet, sight); 74.0 x 120.0 cm (framed)
    signed, dated, numbered and inscribed with title below image: Edition 25 'Performance' George Baldessin 71
    REFERENCES: Lindsay, R., & Holloway, M. J., George Baldessin: Sculpture and Etchings, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1983, cat. 69, pp. 84 – 85 (illus., another example); Cross, E., George Baldessin Estate Prints 1963–1978, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 1997, pl. 194, p. 50 (illus., and front cover, another example); Nainby, B., Stanhope, Z., and Furlonger, K., The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, in association with Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2009, p. 212; Grishin, S., Baldessin/Whiteley Parallel Visions, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2018, pp. 131, 132 – 133 (illus., another example), 192
  • Provenance:
    Private collection; Christie's, Melbourne, 9 April 1991, lot 204 (as ‘Performance’); Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne; The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above
  • Exhibited:
    BUS Art Collection, Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, New South Wales, 16 March – 12 April 1992, cat. 52; Baldessin/Whiteley Parallel Visions, Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria Australia, Melbourne, 31 August 2019 – 28 January 2019 (another example)
  • Notes:
    This work is located in our Sydney Gallery
  • Estimate:
    A$1,000 - 2,000
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Art

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