JUSTIN O'BRIEN
1917-1996
Maremma Landscape (1986)
Estimate $60,000 – $80,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY
JUSTIN O'BRIEN
1917-1996
Maremma Landscape (1986)
oil on canvas
signed 'O'BRIEN' upper right
49.2 x 66 cm
frame: original, maker unknown, Rome
- Lot Sold $65,000 (Hammer Price)
- $79,300 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Painters Gallery, Sydney
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above on 20 September 1986
Exhibited
Justin O'Brien, The Painters Gallery, Sydney, 9-27 September 1986, no. 4
Justin O'Brien: A Birthday Tribute, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 31 July – 13 September 1987, no. 29
Justin O'Brien: The Sacred Music of Colour, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 18 December 2010 – 27 February 2011, no. 88, illustrated
Literature
Art and Australia, The Fine Arts Press, Sydney, Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring 1986, p. 3 (illustrated), 'Figures in a Landscape'
Desmond O'Grady, 'Justin O'Brien Revels in Rome', The Sydney Morning Herald (Good Weekend), Sydney, 16-17 August 1986, p. 50
Joanna Mendelssohn, 'Art of the Past Still Inspires O'Brien', The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 12 September 1986, p. 12
Christine France, Justin O'Brien: Image and Icon, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1987, plate 32, pp. 28, 96, 97 (illustrated)
Christine France, Justin O'Brien: Image and Icon, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1997, plate 32, pp. 28, 104, 105 (illustrated)
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