Douglas Annand The Fisk Radiola 1939 gouache, ink and collage on paper (study for advertisement) National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Douglas Annand David Jones' for Service ca. 1930-40 lithograph (matchbook promoting retailer) National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Douglas Annand The Atlantic Union Oil Magazine ca. 1934 lithograph (magazine cover) National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Douglas Annand The Home Annual 1936 gouache and ink on paper (study for magazine cover) National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Robin White Untitled 2000 watercolor on paper National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Robin White Untitled 2000 watercolor on paper National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Robin White Michael is sleeping on the bed 1983 color woodblock print National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Robin White I am doing the washing in the bathroom 1983 color woodblock print National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Léon Bakst Costume for the Bluebird (Ballets-Russes) ca. 1921 beaded and appliquéd silk National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Léon Bakst Costume for Odalisque (Ballets-Russes) ca. 1915 silk and cotton National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Léon Bakst Costume for Chiarina in Le Carnival (Ballets-Russes) ca. 1910 silk and cotton National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Léon Bakst Costume for Pierrot in Le Carnival (Ballets-Russes) ca. 1910 silk and cotton National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Ken Whisson Yellow Room 1962 oil on board Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, Australia |
Ken Whisson Two Women in Motion 1962 oil on board Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, Australia |
Ken Whisson Figures and Dark Sea 1963 oil on board Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
Ken Whisson Figure in Landscape ca. 1958 oil on board Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, Australia |
from The Quest
Others had found it prudent to withdraw
Before official pressure was applied,
Before official pressure was applied,
Embittered robbers outlawed by the Law,
Lepers in terror of the terrified.
Lepers in terror of the terrified.
But no one else accused these of a crime;
They did not look ill; old friends, overcome,
Stared as they rolled away from talk and time
Like marbles out into the blank and dumb.
Like marbles out into the blank and dumb.
The crowd clung all the closer to convention,
Sunshine and horses, for the sane know why
The even numbers should ignore the odd:
The even numbers should ignore the odd:
The Nameless is what no free people mention;
Successful men know better than to try
Successful men know better than to try
To see the face of their Absconded God.
– W.H. Auden (1940)