PETER CHURCHER(born 1964)Mephisto 1992oil on canvassigned and dated lower left: Peter Churcher 1992175 x 165cmPROVENANCE:Ray Hughes Gallery, SydneyPrivate collection, SydneyPhillips Auctioneers, Modern & Contemporary Art & Photography, Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 30 July 2001, lot 104Solander Gallery, Canberra, 2002Private collection, SydneyEXHIBITIONS:Moët and Chandon Award, touring exhibition 1993OTHER NOTES:Mephisto, painted in 1993 was the artist's first large scale work and was a finalist in the Moët and Chandon Award. "I was grappling with the figurative language and used symbols to express the grandiose. I was working on the theme of male identity, a subject that has continued to be a part of my work. These figures are struggling and engaging in a rivalry. The mephisto is the character who is standing back - the one controlling and responsible." (Artist's Statement)Artist or Maker: PETER CHURCHER (born 1964)Dimensions: 175 x 165cmProvenance: Ray Hughes Gallery, SydneyPrivate collection, SydneyPhillips Auctioneers, Modern & Contemporary Art & Photography, Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 30 July 2001, lot 104Solander Gallery, Canberra, 2002Private collection, Sydney