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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Elizabeth Durack (1915 - 2000) "A Singular Australian"
• Sale Date:
  22 Mar 2015 ~ 2pm (WA time)
• Lot #:
  5
• Lot Description:
  Elizabeth Durack
  (1915-2000)
  The Mulga Queen 1961
  enamel on board
  68.5 x 91.5 cm
  signed and dated 'Elizabeth Durack' lower left; inscribed verso
• Exhibited:
  Paintings: Elizabeth Durack The Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, June 1961; Paintings The Centre Gallery, Canberra, July 1961; Paintings The artist's studio, Perth, September 1961; Paintings and Drawings Terry Clune Galleries, Sydney, May 1962
• References:
  S. Silver 'The Art of Elizabeth Durack' in The Architect Vol.4 (illustrated p.50) Perth December 1961.
• Notes:
  'The Mulga Queen' was the name of an abandoned gold mine several hundred miles north of Kalgoorlie that the artist used to visit in the early 1960s when only a few wandering aborigines frequented it to draw water from the well. The composition holds on the central figure of the woman - which gives the title its double meaning. Is the shape beside the woman a child or a rock? And the other forms, are they figures or mulga bushes? ... The pale pinks, greys and black colours of the painting heighten the effect of heat which drains colour.
• Estimate:
  A$2,000 - 3,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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