John Coburn (1925-2006)

oil and newspaper on board, signed l.r.c. ‘Coburn’, inscribed, titled and dated verso ‘John Coburn, Earthscape, Sydney, 1977’

Measurements:

69 x 76 cm

Provenance:

donated by the artist to a fundraising anti nuclear exhibition organised by Artists' Action, of which Coburn was a committee member, Collection of Catherine Griffin, Sydney, thence by descent

Exhibited:

Artists' Action Anti-Uranium Mining Exhibition Sydney Opera House, 16 - 23 June 1977 catalogue No.36

Labels:

Artists' Action was one of several grassroots political organisations run by artists to fundraise and support the Labor Party under Gough Whitlam. Catherine Griffin was Secretary of Artists' Action and Artists for Democracy.

• EStimate $14,000 - $18,000