Lot #30 - Elizabeth Durack
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Auction House:Mossgreen
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Sale Name:Elizabeth Durack (1915 - 2000) "A Singular Australian"
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Sale Date:22 Mar 2015 ~ 2pm (WA time)
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Lot #:30
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Lot Description:Elizabeth Durack
(1915-2000)
An underground ladder 1996 -from the series:The Art of Eddie Burrup
mixed media on linen
192 x 91 cm -
Exhibited:Rebecca Hossack Galleries (RHG), London, August 2000
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References:Reinvent ... how I reinvented myself in my 80th year - ED's Journal 1995-2000; and The Art of Eddie Burrup RHG Catalogue 2000.
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Notes:This work combines stories of the subterranean activities of Creation Ancestors with those of early days of settlement when some convicts thought that by striking out from Sydney in a north-westerly direction they would escape to China. The artist recalls the legendary Argyle Boxer recounting different versions of these stories.
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Estimate:A$1,500 - 2,500
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Realised Price:
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Category:Art
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