Lot 2 - Robert (Bob) Baker (1937-2018, English/Australian) 'Untitled 2', oil on masonite board, artist name, title date of work inscribed on frame to verso, unframed, conservator's note to verso
Provenance: the artist's estate, originally scheduled for an exhibition in Melbourne, later affected by the pandemic
As Found: light marks to surface at edges, scatter of small light brown spots to surface in some areas, possibly mould
Originally trained in the UK, Bodalla-based Baker was inspired by scientific theories, particularly in physics. His later paintings are abstract in style, arriving from thinking about the tensions between observation and imagination, light and colour, materiality and representation, conservator's note to verso. Baker was the youngest artist admitted to the British Arts Society, and moved to Australia in 1972, where he was a finalist in the Wynne Art Prize in multiple years.
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Robert (Bob) Baker (1937-2018, English/Australian) 'Untitled 2', oil on masonite board, artist name, title date of work inscribed on frame to verso, unframed, conservator's note to verso
Provenance: the artist's estate, originally scheduled for an exhibition in Melbourne, later affected by the pandemic
As Found: light marks to surface at edges, scatter of small light brown spots to surface in some areas, possibly mould
Originally trained in the UK, Bodalla-based Baker was inspired by scientific theories, particularly in physics. His later paintings are abstract in style, arriving from thinking about the tensions between observation and imagination, light and colour, materiality and representation, conservator's note to verso. Baker was the youngest artist admitted to the British Arts Society, and moved to Australia in 1972, where he was a finalist in the Wynne Art Prize in multiple years.
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