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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Timed Auction | Part III: Traditional + Modern Art from the Cbus Collection of Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  16 Aug 2022 ~ 7pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  41
• Lot Description:
  Christian Waller
  (1894 - 1954)
  Two Linocut Prints By Christian Waller, 1932
  i) THE SPIRIT OF LIGHT, 1932; linocut on paper; 31.5 x 13.0 cm (image), 34.0 x 15.0 cm (sheet, sight), 52.5 x 32.5 cm (frame); inscribed with title within image upper centre: The SPIRIT of LIGHT, edition of 150; ii) TITLE PAGE for THE GREAT BREATH, 1932; linocut print on paper; 35.0 x 17.5 cm (sight), 54.0 x 35.0 cm (frame).
• Provenance:
  ii) The Estate of the Artist; Jim Alexander Gallery, Melbourne, acquired from the above on 22 June 1979 (certificate of authenticity attached verso); Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 17 April 1991, lot G233; oseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne; The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above 19 April 1991
• Exhibited:
  i) Exhibition of Linocuts, Everyman’s Lending Library, Melbourne, 5 – 16 April 1932 (another example); Christian Waller 1895 – 1956, Deutscher Galleries, Melbourne, 8 – 30 September 1978 (another example)
• Notes:
  REFERENCES: i) Thomas, D., The Art of Christian Waller, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, 1992, pp. 24, 25 (illus., another example), 26, 58; Nainby, B., Stanhope, Z., and Furlonger, K., The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, in association with Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2009, pp. 183 (illus.), 236; ii) Thomas, D., The Art of Christian Waller, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, 1992, pp. 24, 26, 58; Nainby, B., Stanhope, Z., and Furlonger, K., The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, in association with Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2009, p. 237. RELATED WORK: i) Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the British Museum, London, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, The Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, The Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria and The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 
• Estimate:
  A$1,500 - 2,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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