Lot #110 - Kevin Gilbert
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Auction House:Ravenswick
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Sale Name:Asian Works of Art, Collectables & Eclectica
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Sale Date:21 Sep 2014 ~ 12noon
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Lot #:110
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Lot Description:Kevin Gilbert
(1933-1993)
"Eagle,1968"
Linocut, originally printed from two blocks
28.1 h x 36.1 w cm
Titled ‘Eagle’. Signed and dated black pencil, lower right 'Kevin Gilbert 25/12/68', inscribed for Gordon. -
Notes:Kevin Gilbert (1933 – 1993), was our first Aboriginal playwright and print-maker, creating his play ‘The Cherrypickers’ and these prints in 1968, while in Long Bay Goal using “a spoon, fork, gem blades and nails… on old brittle lino off the prison floor.” The National Gallery of Australia has a one block black printing of this image, noting it as ‘Eagles at Bay’, 1967
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Estimate:A$4,000 - 6,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Art
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