Muriel Maynard (1937-2008) Two Woven Baskets, Tasmania
Muriel Maynard (1937-2008)
Two Woven Baskets, Tasmania
coiled natural fibres, both with Maireener shells and one with Toothie Shells
Diameter: 21.5cm (8 7/16in). and 21cm (8 1/4in).
Sold for AU$ 1,800 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • PROVENANCE:
    Executed in 2004
    Object Gallery, Sydney
    Private collection

    EXHIBITED:
    Contemporary Basket Making in Australia: Woven Forms, Object Gallery, Sydney, 17 September - 13 November 2005; FORM Gallery, Port Hedland; Courthouse Gallery, Port Hedland, 3 February - 22 March, 2006.

    LITERATURE:
    Brian Parkes (ed.), Woven Forms: Contemporary Basket Making in Australia, Sydney: Object, Australian Centre for Craft and Design, c.2005, cat.no.78 (illus.).

    Maynard's work is represented in a number of public and private collections, including the South Australian Museum, Adelaide, the National Museum of Australia, Canberra, the National Maritime Museum, Sydney, the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart and collections in Japan, the United States and New Zealand.

Category: Fine Art / Aboriginal Art


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