Frederick Hudson Prince George of Solmes & Spirit Form 1872 albumen print National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Frederick Hudson Mrs Houghton & Spirit 1872 albumen print National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Frederick Hudson Mrs Slater & Spirit of Her Son ca. 1874 albumen print National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Frederick Hudson L. Guppy Williams & Spirit 1872 albumen print National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
George Gittoes The Yellow Room 2001 hand-colored etching and aquatint National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
George Gittoes The Self and Oblivion 1971 etching and aquatint Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
George Gittoes Larry 1991 etching National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
George Gittoes Our House 1991 etching National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Howard Hodgkin Going for a Walk with Andrew ca. 1995-98 oil on panel Walker Art Center, Minneapolis |
Howard Hodgkin The Buckleys at Brede ca. 1974-76 oil on panel National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Howard Hodgkin The Moon ca. 1978-80 oil on panel Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
Franco Fontana Paesaggio Urbano (Lido delle Nazione) 1973 dye transfer print Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
Franco Fontana Untitled 1978 C-print National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Franco Fontana Untitled 1978 C-print National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Franco Fontana Los Angeles 1979 dye transfer print Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
His Excellency
As it is, plenty;
As it's admitted
The children happy,
And the car, the car
That goes so far,
And the wife devoted:
To this as it is,
To the work and the banks
Let his thinning hair
And his hauteur
Give thanks, give thanks.
All that was thought
As like as not, is not;
As like as not, is not;
When nothing was enough
But love, but love,
And the rough future
Of an intransigeant nature,
And the betraying smile,
Betraying, but a smile:
That that is not, is not;
Forget, forget.
Let him not cease to praise,
Then, his lordly days;
Yes, and the success
Let him bless, let him bless:
Let him see in this
The profit larger
And the sin venial,
Lest he see as it is
The loss as major
And final, final.
– W.H. Auden (1936)