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Lot 34

Roger Kemp
(1908-1987)
Ascension, c.1965

Important Australian Art

25 November 2020, 18:00 AEDT

Melbourne, Armadale

AU$18,000 - AU$24,000

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Roger Kemp (1908-1987)

Ascension, c.1965
signed and titled verso: 'ROGER KEMP / "ASCENSION"
synthetic polymer paint on composition board
122.0 x 91.5cm (48 1/16 x 36in).

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PROVENANCE
Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso)
Private collection
Christie's, Melbourne, 25 August 1992, lot 272
Private collection, Melbourne

RELATED WORK
Ascension, 1960-65, synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 119.8 x 181.2cm, in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

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