John Brack
John Brack
Adagio, 1967
John Brack (1920-1999)
lithograph on wove paper; edition 37/200
image size 38 x 24 cm; paper size 56 x 38 cm
numbered, signed and dated below image, watermark l.r., "GK" (Grahame King, printer)
Literature: Grishin, S., The Art of John Brack, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, vol. II, cat. pr17, illustrated page 258
Other notes: Other impressions of this print are in the following major public collections:
National Gallery of Australia - Acc. no 2005.965
Art Gallery of S.A - Acc. no 6711G37
Queensland Art Gallery - Acc. no. 2:0614A
Geelong Art Gallery - Acc. no. 1967.13
Ian Potter Museum of Art - Acc. no. 1989.0019.000.000.
$ 3,000 framed
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“…In ‘Adagio’… two dancers performing as ice skaters are caught suspended in the cold glow of a spotlight. The extreme artificiality and theatricality of the situation is stressed as the skaters negotiate the slippery and uncertain surface of the hard ice. The unnatural poses and the strain and tension are disguised, concealed behind false smiles; the pair seems bonded, yet it is an artificial union in which each is isolated and spiritually alone”. Sasha Grishin, 1990