In 'Annitowa Landscape', John Coburn channels the radiance and austerity of Australia’s interior into pure abstraction. Inspired by his travels through the Northern Territory’s Barkly Tableland—an immense, semi-arid cattle station country northeast of Alice Springs - Coburn distilled the region’s spiritual energy into a language of colour and form entirely his own.

A luminous gold field meets a band of deep ochre, divided by a decisive black horizon. Across this minimalist expanse, biomorphic ‘totems’ in grey, white and deep brown rise like emblems of life within a vast, silent landscape.

Internationally acclaimed for pioneering a distinctly Australian abstract style, Coburn used works such as 'Annitowa Landscape' to communicate a profound emotional and spiritual connection to the land - transforming the experience of place into a universal, transcendent vision. For collectors of the Australian landscape tradition, this work of art stands as a powerful reinterpretation of the genre.

John COBURN (1925 - 2006)
'Annitowa Landscape' 1999
lithograph on paper
Image Size: 42 x 64 cm
Dimensions: 82 x 92 x 2 cm
Signed: signed, titled editioned and dated in margin

This lithograph is a rare Trial Proof, created outside the edition of 25 impressions and 5 artist’s proofs.

REFERENCE: John Coburn: Prints 1959-2000, Australian Galleries, Sydney & Melbourne, 2000, cat.108 page 40, illustrated another impression from the edition.

Condition: Very Good: Describes a work of art's image as Excellent, but may show some small signs of surrounding wear to paper or frame. There are no tears to paper margin or disruption to the paint surface.

(c) John Coburn / Copyright Agency