Title
Emus by the lake
1975
Artist
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Details
- Date
- 1975
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- charcoal, pastel on white wove paper
- Dimensions
- 189.0 x 98.5 cm sight
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r., charcoal "... / John Olsen/ 75".
- Credit
- Marshall Bequest Fund 1991
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 242.1991
- Copyright
- © Estate of John Olsen/Copyright Agency
- Artist information
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John Olsen
Works in the collection
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About
Drawing is a vital element of Olsen's oeuvre and the Gallery has over fifty drawings in the collection. 'Emus by the lake' is an exuberant drawing inspired by the miraculous abundance of life at Lake Eyre in South Australia following floods, an area visited by Olsen in 1974-75.
Australian Art Department, AGNSW, 2000
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Animals on paper: from the Australian collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 05 Sep 1992–05 Oct 1992
Animals on paper: from the Australian collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, Dubbo, 18 Dec 1992–24 Jan 1993
Animals on paper: from the Australian collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Booragul, 01 May 1993–30 May 1993
Animals on paper: from the Australian collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, Grafton Regional Gallery, , 11 Jun 1993–01 Aug 1993
Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Dec 1997–15 Mar 1998
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Bibliography
Referenced in 4 publications
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Deborah Hart, John Olsen, Sydney, 1991, 147 (illus.). fig.no. 43
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Hendrik Kolenberg, Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Sydney, 1997, 114 (illus.), 115. cat.no. 109
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Hendrik Kolenberg, Animals on paper - from the Australian collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, Sydney, 1992, illus.. cat.no. 57
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Barry Pearce, Australian Artists, Australian Birds, North Ryde, 1989, 133 (colour). plate no. 114
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