Item 03: Australia - Are you for Light, 2000 / paper collage by Martin Sharp

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2000

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1 collage - visible image 54.4 x 41.4 cm, in frame 56.4 x 43.4 cm - paper on board

One of two Martin Sharp papercut collage designs for the Centenary of Australian Federation celebrations in 2001. One of the designs, Centenary of Federation - Sydney, featured on the front cover of The Sydney Morning Herald, January 1, 2001. The work was part of the private collection of Richard Neville and Julie Clarke Neville, long time friends and associates of Martin Sharp.

Reference: Library correspondence file

Paper collage featuring the Eureka flag, map of Australia, and the text of Bernard O'Dowd's 1901 poem 'Australia'. Signed "S." in red lettering along lower edge, right of center. The collage is composed from painted paper cuttings, predominantly red, yellow, blue and white.

Copyright status:: Life of creator plus 70 years
Copyright holder:: Estate of Martin Sharp
Rights and Restrictions Information:: All commercial use of works by Martin Sharp should be referred to his nominated copyright collecting agency - VISCOPY
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Martin Sharp

Inscribed in pencil in lower margin: "Not used design for Sydney Morning Herald 1.1.2001. Martin Sharp 2000"