Bridget Riley Two Reds with Violet 2008 acrylic on canvas Kunstmuseum, The Hague |
Bridget Riley Measure of Measure 1 2016 acrylic on canvas Kunstmuseum, The Hague |
Bridget Riley R2016: Four-Colour Study with Black and White 1981 gouache on paper National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Bridget Riley Scale Study for Static 1966 gouache on paper National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Natori Shunsen Ichikawa Sadanji II as Narukami in Narukami 1926 color woodblock print National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Natori Shunsen Jitsukawa Enjaku II as Danshichi Kurobei in Summer Festival 1926 color woodblock print National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Natori Shunsen Matsumoto Koshiro VII as Ikyu in Sukeroku: Flower of Edo 1929 color woodblock print National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Natori Shunsen Matsumoto Koshiro VII as Umeomaru in Sugawara's Secrets 1926 color woodblock print National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Maurice Sendak Ida 1977 etching, drypoint, aquatint and mezzotint National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Maurice Sendak Faithful Nutcracker 1984 lithograph National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Maurice Sendak Study for The Magic Flute 2002 lithograph National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Maurice Sendak Queen of the Night 2002 lithograph National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Gerhard Richter Helga Matura 1966 oil on canvas Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto |
Gerhard Richter Swiss Alps 1969 screenprint National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Gerhard Richter Abstract Painting (812) 1994 oil on canvas Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
Gerhard Richter Juno 1983 oil on canvas National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
from Ten Songs
Warm are the still and lucky miles,
White shores of longing stretch away,
A light of recognition fills
The whole great day, and bright
The tiny world of lovers' arms.
Silence invades the breathing wood
Where drowsy limbs a treasure keep,
Now greenly falls the learned shade
Across the sleeping brows
And stirs their secret to a smile.
Restored! Returned! The lost are borne
On seas of shipwreck home at last:
See! In a fire of praising burns
the dry dumb past, and we
Our life-day long shall part no more.
Our life-day long shall part no more.
– W.H. Auden (1939)