JUSTIN O'BRIEN
1917-1996

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE DAVID CLARKE AO, SYDNEY

JUSTIN O'BRIEN

1917-1996
The Window No. 2 (1978)

oil on canvas
signed 'O'BRIEN' lower right
frame: original, Cavalli & Poli, Italy
93 x 67.5 cm

• Lot Sold $130,000 (Hammer Price)
• $158,600 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney (label verso)
Mr and Mrs Denis Ryan, Sydney, acquired from the above
Important Australian & International Art, Mossgreen Auctions, Melbourne, 13 November 2007, lot 2, illustrated
Mr David Clarke AO, Sydney, acquired from the above
The Estate of the Late David Clarke AO, Sydney

Exhibited

Recent Works by Justin O'Brien, The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 20 September - 9 October 1978, no. 1
Justin O'Brien: A Birthday Tribute, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 31 July - 13 September 1987, no. 20

Literature

Sandra McGrath, 'On the State of the Art...', The Weekend Australian, Sydney, 23-24 September 1978, p. 6
Nancy Borlase, 'A Zusters Blockbuster', The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 30 September 1978, p. 16
Justin O'Brien: Recent Paintings from Rome, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 1980, p. 11 (illustrated)
Anthony Bradley, The Art of Justin O'Brien, Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1982, pp. 82, 83 (illustrated)
Christine France, Justin O'Brien: Image and Icon, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1987, plate 22, pp. 27, 76, 77 (illustrated)
Christine France, Justin O'Brien: Image and Icon, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1997, plate 22, pp. 22, 84, 85 (illustrated)