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| Sybil Craig Peggy ca. 1932 oil on canvas National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
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| Sybil Craig Calendar Design with Chorus Girls 1930 gouache on paper National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Sybil Craig Flowers in a Vase ca. 1930-40 oil on canvas National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
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| Sybil Craig Cast of Sculpted Foot in Sandal ca. 1924 drawing National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
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| Nora Heysen London Breakfast 1935 oil on canvas National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Nora Heysen Self Portrait 1932 oil on canvas National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Nora Heysen Fruit in a Yellow Bowl 1930 oil on canvas Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
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| Nora Heysen The Red Cabbage 1933 oil on canvas Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
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| Arthur Boyd Boat Builders, Eden ca. 1948 oil and tempera on board National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Arthur Boyd The Mining Town: Casting the Money-Lenders from the Temple ca. 1946 oil and tempera on board National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Arthur Boyd The Old Man of the Sea 1949-50 glazed earthenware tile National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Arthur Boyd Spanish Woman with a Bull 1962-63 glazed earthenware tile National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Ken Whisson Tobias and the Angel 1973 oil on panel Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
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| Ken Whisson Two Animals 1964 oil on board Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
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| Ken Whisson Flag Painting 1976 oil on board National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Ken Whisson Naked at the Airport 1972 oil on board National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
from The Sea and the Mirror
Alonso:
But should you fail to keep your kingdom
And, like your father before you, come
Where thought accuses and feeling mocks,
Believe your pain: praise the scorching rocks
For their desiccation of your lust,
Thank the bitter treatment of the tide
For its dissolution of your pride,
That the whirlwind may arrange your will
And the deluge release it to find
The spring in the desert, the fruitful
Island in the sea, where flesh and mind
Are delivered from mistrust.
Blue the sky beyond her humming sail
As I sit to-day by our ship's rail
Watching exuberant porpoises
Escort us homeward and writing this
For you to open when I am gone:
Read it, Ferdinand, with the blessing
Of Alonso, your father, once King
Of Naples, now ready to welcome
Death, but rejoicing in a new love,
A new peace, having heard the solemn
Music strike and seen the statue move
To forgive our illusion.
– W.H. Auden (1942-44)