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Part 1: Important Fine Art - 26 November 2014  |  Melbourne

Lot 48
Ricky Swallow
born 1974
EVOLUTION IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE, 1999

five cast resin skulls on artist's shelf

4.5 x 3.5 x 5.5 cm each (approx.)
(plus shelf: 4.0 x 48.0 x 16.0 cm)



Estimate:
$8,000 - 12,000 (5)




Lot Details

Description

Ricky Swallow
born 1974
EVOLUTION IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE, 1999

five cast resin skulls on artist's shelf

4.5 x 3.5 x 5.5 cm each (approx.)
(plus shelf: 4.0 x 48.0 x 16.0 cm)

Provenance

Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited

Contempora 5, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne University in association with the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 16 September – 24 October 1999 (another example)
ARCO 2002, Madrid, Spain, exhibited by Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, 14–19 February 2002 (another example)
Kiss of the Beast: From Paris Salon to King Kong, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 16 November 2005 – 22 January 2006, cat. 56 (another example)

Literature

Swallow, R., and Knight, D., Memory Made Plastic, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, 2000, p. 39 (illus., detail)
Paton, J., Ricky Swallow – Field Recordings, Craftsman House, Melbourne, 2004, p. 40 (illus.)