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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 #:
  37
• Lot Description:
  Elizabeth Durack
  (1915-2000)
  Cats and Cradles 1949
  watercolour and pencil
  50 x 70 cm
  signed and dated 'Elizabeth Durack 49' upper right
• Exhibited:
  Elizabeth Durack Tye's Gallery, Melbourne, July 1949; Oil and Watercolours: Elizabeth Durack The Claude Hotchin Galleries, Perth; May 1951; Prelude: Early works by Elizabeth Durack 1947-1950 with Art on the Move (AOTM) the National Exhibitions Touring Structure for WA Inc 2002-04
• References:
  Tye's Gallery, Catalogue Notes 1949: 'Cats and Cradles is executed with a limited palette, the same in fact as the ancient aboriginal artist working with charcoal and red and white ochre ... It speaks of that mystic bond that exists between artist and subject, the mysterious unity between the two which strikes at the source of inspiration ...' ; Prelude ... AOTM Catalogue, O'Brien, C & Parker, M (eds) Perth, 2002 illustrated pp.32-33
• Notes:
  Durack later re-drafted Cats and Cradles and produced a number of hand-finished prints from it www.elizabethdurack.com/artworks_prints.php?prints_id=53.
• Estimate:
  A$2,000 - 4,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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