Lot 9 - Keith Looby (b 1940, Australian) 'Aboriginal Family' 1976, etching, editioned 27/50, titled and signed 'Keith Looby 76' under plate margins, 44.5 x 60.5 cm
Looby is probably best known for his Archibald winning portrait of Max Gillies dressed as Bob Hawke, but his drawings and related etchings illustrating the horrors of colonial Australia, including the 1979 book 'A Black and White History of Australia', are some of his most significant and enduring works.
As Found, light discolouration, including traces of foxing, insect under glass lower centre
Dimensions of frame
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Keith Looby (b 1940, Australian) 'Aboriginal Family' 1976, etching, editioned 27/50, titled and signed 'Keith Looby 76' under plate margins, 44.5 x 60.5 cm
Looby is probably best known for his Archibald winning portrait of Max Gillies dressed as Bob Hawke, but his drawings and related etchings illustrating the horrors of colonial Australia, including the 1979 book 'A Black and White History of Australia', are some of his most significant and enduring works.
As Found, light discolouration, including traces of foxing, insect under glass lower centre
Dimensions of frame
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