Martin Sharp (Australian 1942 - 2013)
Adelaide Festival, Pavilion of Death Dreams and Desire, 1982
Screenprint on waterproofed linen
240 x 120 cm
Monogrammed in the print
SOLD
Martin Sharp was one of Australia's greatest pop artist from the early 1960's with an international reputation, not least for his contribution to the covers of London and Australia's OZ magazine.
The Adelaide Festival commissioned Sharp to design the 1982 Festival poster and these large screen-prints were used as street banners at each for the 1982 Adelaide Festival venues. This banner is of particular importance as it was used at the central location and pavilion for the Festival beside the Adelaide Festival Centre.
These artworks were hand-printed and very few of this large format are still in existence. There is one in the collection of the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. Very rare.
Adelaide Festival, Pavilion of Death Dreams and Desire, 1982
Screenprint on waterproofed linen
240 x 120 cm
Monogrammed in the print
SOLD
Martin Sharp was one of Australia's greatest pop artist from the early 1960's with an international reputation, not least for his contribution to the covers of London and Australia's OZ magazine.
The Adelaide Festival commissioned Sharp to design the 1982 Festival poster and these large screen-prints were used as street banners at each for the 1982 Adelaide Festival venues. This banner is of particular importance as it was used at the central location and pavilion for the Festival beside the Adelaide Festival Centre.
These artworks were hand-printed and very few of this large format are still in existence. There is one in the collection of the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. Very rare.
Antoine-Charles Vauthier (French 1790-1831)
Echidna, circa 1826
Watercolour
11 x 15.5cm
Signed lower right below image in black pencil, 'Vauthier'
Provenance: Marcel Jeanson Collection, Christies London, 19 June 2000
Arader Galleries, New York
Private Collection, Adelaide
The engraving of this work is held by the NGA and was published in 'Oeuvres complètes de Buffon', Paris, Île-de-France, France, 1827.
The NGA also has in its collection a directly related watercolour of the Tasmanian Tiger (2012.40) by the same artist which we held at an earlier date.
Excessively rare and important.
Echidna, circa 1826
Watercolour
11 x 15.5cm
Signed lower right below image in black pencil, 'Vauthier'
Provenance: Marcel Jeanson Collection, Christies London, 19 June 2000
Arader Galleries, New York
Private Collection, Adelaide
The engraving of this work is held by the NGA and was published in 'Oeuvres complètes de Buffon', Paris, Île-de-France, France, 1827.
The NGA also has in its collection a directly related watercolour of the Tasmanian Tiger (2012.40) by the same artist which we held at an earlier date.
Excessively rare and important.
