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Donald Laycock

The Oracle of the Sphinx, 1962

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oil on canvas on board

182.50 x 122.00

signed l.l.

Exhibited:

Helena Rubenstein Scholarship, Art Gallery of NSW, 1963;
A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by Donald Laycock, University of Melbourne, Sept 1972, no. 10;
Paintings from the Collection of Mr and Mrs Douglas Carnegie, National Gallery of Victoria, Oct 1966, no. 49;
Paintings from the Collection of Allen D. Christensen, National Gallery of Victora, Dec 1976, no. 26;
Modern Australian Painting, Charles Nodrum Gallery, 17 March - 9 April 2011, no. 34

Literature & references:

John Reed, New Painting 1952-62, Longmans (Art in Australia series) 1963, illus;
Michael Shannon, 'Margaret Carnegie - the Art Collectors 4', Art & Australia, Vol 4, No 2, Spring 1966, illus p 152:
"Laycock painted a series of Oracles -another is in the Mertz Collection. They are all monumental in scale and very compelling ..." Shannon, op cit.

Note:

They were a suite of five (the requirement for the Rubenstein) and were all the same size and theme - imaginary heads of ancient Egyptian and Assyrian aristocrats and despots. A variation on the theme can be seen in "Two Heads" (same size and medium) in the Monash University Museum of Art Collection.

Further works by the Artist

Reflections

Donald Laycock

1978

oil crayon on paper, 36.50 x 59.50

Price: $1,250

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Dancing Stars

Donald Laycock

2006

oil on canvas, 99.00 x 100.00

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Snowy Mountain Skyscape

Donald Laycock

1978

oil on canvas, 75.00 x 91.00

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Pterodactyl

Donald Laycock

1976

acrylic on canvas, 183.00 x 183.00

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Etherial

Donald Laycock

1977

oil on canvas, 91.00 x 122.00

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Oracle

Donald Laycock

1977

oil on canvas, 122.00 x 91.50

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Monarch

Donald Laycock

1976

acrylic on canvas, 183.00 x 183.00

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Lady Galaxy

Donald Laycock

1971

oil on canvas, 182.00 x 152.00

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Heart

Donald Laycock

1970

oil on canvas, 183.00 x 183.00

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Dog Fight over New York

Donald Laycock

1968

oil on canvas, 131.50 x 119.00

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Space Seas

Donald Laycock

1963

oil on canvas, 125.00 x 141.00

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Sonic Flight

Donald Laycock

1962

oil on canvas, 132.50 x 96.50

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Mandala

Donald Laycock

1962

oil & acrylic on board, 137.50 x 82.00

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Head of an Ancient King

Donald Laycock

c. 1960

etching on paper, 30.00 x 22.00

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Oriental Dancers in an Underwater Garden

Donald Laycock

1956

oil on canvas, 55.00 x 60.00

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Carnival of Galaxies

Donald Laycock

2004

oil on linen, 135.00 x 195.00

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Space Flower III

Donald Laycock

1969

oil on canvas, 138.00 x 172.50

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Sonic Flight

Donald Laycock

1962 - 1964

oil on canvas, 132.50 x 96.50

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Neon Cities

Donald Laycock

c. 1960

oil on board, 104.00 x 56.00

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(Ancient Kings series)

Donald Laycock

c. 1960

pen and ink and pencil on paper, 25.00 x 29.00

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(Ancient Kings series)

Donald Laycock

c. 1960

pen and ink on paper, 26.00 x 19.00

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(Ancient Kings series)

Donald Laycock

1960

linocut on paper, 38.00 x 34.00

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(Ancient Kings series)

Donald Laycock

1961

pen and ink and pencil on paper, 27.00 x 43.00

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Untitled (abstract)

Donald Laycock

1959

gouache on paper, 37.00 x 28.00

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Untitled (abstract)

Donald Laycock

c. 1959

gouache on paper, 38.00 x 28.00

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Since its establishment in 1984, the Charles Nodrum Gallery’s exhibition program embraces a diversity of media and styles - from painting, sculpture & works on paper to graphics and photography; from figurative, geometric, gestural, surrealist & social comment to installation & conceptually based work.