John Coburn (1925-2006)
Paintings, Works on Paper and Graphics 1959-2003
Opened Wednesday October 15 2008 Opening Pictures
John Coburn’s passing in 2006 marked the end of an astonishing career spanning six decades at the forefront of Australian abstract painting. Coburn’s paintings, works on paper, tapestries and graphics are among the most recognisable in Australian art. Perhaps best known for the tapestries Curtain of the Sun and Curtain of the Moon which he designed for the Sydney Opera House in 1970, his genius has received national and international recognition. Coburn is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, many regional galleries in addition to many other public collections throughout Australia and overseas including Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, the John F Kennedy Centre, Washington, and the Vatican Museum, Rome.
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John Coburn Central Desert Painting 1992
Oil on canvas
183 x 244cm
no.10080
John Coburn
Western Summer 1961
oil on board
80 x 138 cm
no.2166
cat no.1
SOLD
John Coburn
Study for Western Summer c.1961
mixed media on paper
10.5 x 6cm
SOLD
John Coburn
Plants in Moonlight 1972
Oil on canvas
106 x 113cm
no.8229
cat no.2
SOLD
John Coburn
Icon III 1972
Acrylic on canvas
113 x 144cm
no.7566
cat no.3
John Coburn
Masquerade 1976
oil on canvas on board
15 x 30cm
no.10492
SOLD
John Coburn
The Performance 1978
oil on canvas
122 x 153.5 cm
no.10497
SOLD
John Coburn
Desert Landscape II 1979
oil on canvas on board
49 x 61cm
no. 3550a
cat no.4
John Coburn
Alderbaran III 1980
acrylic on canvas
149 x 189 cm
no.9666
cat no.5
John Coburn
Earth I 1981
Oil on canvas
168 x 212cm
no.7712
cat no.6
John Coburn
Strata 1982
Oil on canvas
91 x 91cm
no.6740
cat no.7
John Coburn
Ah What is a Man (That you should be so mindful of him?) 1987
Oil on canvas
122 x 90cm
no.4961
cat no.8
John Coburn
The Killing 1988
Oil on canvas
153 x 213cm
no.10022
John Coburn
Requiem for the Giringai People 1993
Oil on canvas
155 x 315 cm (individually framed triptych)
no. 3270a
cat no.9
SOLD
John Coburn
The Four Seasons (spring) 1994
Oil on canvas
64.5 x 89.5cm
no.9088
cat no. 10
John Coburn
The Four Seasons (summer) 1994
Oil on canvas
64.5 x 89.5cm
no.9085
cat no.11
John Coburn
The Four Seasons (autumn) 1994
Oil on canvas
64.5 x 89.5cm
no.9087
cat no.12
John Coburn
The Four Seasons (winter) 1994
Oil on canvas
64.5 x 89.5cm
no.9086
cat no.13
SOLD
John Coburn
Desert Bird 2000
Oil on canvas
100 x 121cm
no.9366
cat no.14
SOLD
John Coburn
The Sunlit Plains Extended (Banjo Patterson) 2003
Oil on canvas
100 x 140cm
no.8439
cat no.15
John Coburn
The Sunlit Plains
(for Banjo Patterson) 2003
Oil on canvas
100 x 112cm
no.6700
cat no.16