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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian and International Fine Art
• Sale Date:
  24 Apr 2013 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  35
• Lot Description:
  John Coburn
  1925 – 2006
  Opera House, 1984
  oil on canvas
  76.0 x 91.0 cm
  signed and dated lower right: Coburn ‘84
• Provenance:
  Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney; Private collection, Sydney
• References:
  Amadio, N., John Coburn Paintings, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1988, pp. 140–141 (illus.); This year marks the 40th Anniversary of the opening of the Sydney Opera House
• Notes:
  In Nadine Amadio’s richly illustrated monograph on the artist, John Coburn, Paintings, the work Sydney Opera House 1984 is accompanied by the following text: ‘In this small, elegant, but witty painting Coburn has captured the essence of the Sydney Opera House. The fresh, bright colours on a clear blue background have a paper cut-out sense of fun but they also suggest the magical site of the famous building and the windy, boat-filled sparkle of the harbor and the summer sky. ‘Here I enjoyed myself abstracting the Opera House from the actual building. I rearranged it a little and reduced it to some quite economic shapes and a simple colour scheme of brown, black, white and blue. Well, actually it’s grey rather than white. It seems to be a fairly valid interpretation of the Opera House and while it seems immediately recognizable, it is also an abstract painting.’1 1. Amadio, N., John Coburn Paintings, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1988, p. 140
• Estimate:
  A$25,000 - 35,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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