Warrior

Details

IAN FAIRWEATHER (1891-1974)
Warrior
signed with initials 'IF' (lower right); with title 'Ligurion' on gallery label (affixed to the reverse)
gouache
52 x 37 cm
Painted circa 1955

Provenance

Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, February 1961, titled as 'Warrior'
Private collection, Sydney
anon. sale, Australian Paintings, Christie's Australia, Sydney, 3 October 1972, lot 71, (illus. pl.VI) titled as 'The Hunters'
Villiers Fine Art Pty Ltd, Sydney, titled as 'Ligurion'
Acquired from the above by the present owner in March 1973

Special notice

A 10% Goods and Services tax (G.S.T) will be charged on the Buyer's Premium on all lots in this sale.

Sale room notice

This work is illustrated upside-down in the catalogue

Lot Essay

Murray Bail has referred to the years spanning 1953-57 as a period of consolidation for Fairweather's art. In 1953, after years spent travelling, an element of stability entered the artist's life when he finally settled in a thatched hut that he built himself on Queensland's Bribie Island. From this haven, and with the support of Sydney's Macquarie Galleries, Fairweather embarked on a period of immense creative productivity. Fairweather's abstract works always retained a figurative element and in this work the warrior holding his spear may be clearly identified.

We are grateful to Murray Bail for his assistance with this catalogue entry.

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