John Olsen (1928-2023)Cooper Creek in Flood, 1976
from the portfolio Lake Eyre, the Desert Sea
printed by Port Jackson Press, Sydney
inscribed above plate-mark, 'XVI / 'I do my utmost to attain / emptiness; - I hold firm to stillness / The myriad creatures / all / rise / together / And I watch their return / tao'
numbered, titled, signed and dated below plate: '44/60 Cooper Creek in Flood John Olsen '76'
etching with aquatint
edition: 44/60
73.0 x 51.0cm (28 3/4 x 20 1/16in).(sheet)FootnotesPROVENANCE
Corporate Collection, Sydney
LITERATURE
Stuart Purves and John Olsen, My complete graphics: John Olsen 1957-1979, South Melbourne, 1980, pp. 99 (illus.), 244 (illus.), cat. 38 (another impression)
RELATED WORK
Other impressions from this edition are held in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, and the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
THIS WORK CAN BE VIEWED IN OUR MELBOURNE GALLERY
John Olsen (1928-2023)Cooper Creek in Flood, 1976
from the portfolio Lake Eyre, the Desert Sea
printed by Port Jackson Press, Sydney
inscribed above plate-mark, 'XVI / 'I do my utmost to attain / emptiness; - I hold firm to stillness / The myriad creatures / all / rise / together / And I watch their return / tao'
numbered, titled, signed and dated below plate: '44/60 Cooper Creek in Flood John Olsen '76'
etching with aquatint
edition: 44/60
73.0 x 51.0cm (28 3/4 x 20 1/16in).(sheet)FootnotesPROVENANCE
Corporate Collection, Sydney
LITERATURE
Stuart Purves and John Olsen, My complete graphics: John Olsen 1957-1979, South Melbourne, 1980, pp. 99 (illus.), 244 (illus.), cat. 38 (another impression)
RELATED WORK
Other impressions from this edition are held in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, and the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
THIS WORK CAN BE VIEWED IN OUR MELBOURNE GALLERY
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