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Ola Cohn Centre

A Way with the Fairies: The Lost Story of Sculptor Ola Cohn

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Catalogue number: 
embk0084
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An autobiography based on an original manuscript, Me in the Making (c.1947), by Ola Cohn and edited by Barbara Lemon. Includes a chapter on her home and studio at 43 Gipps Street, East Melbourne. Photos.
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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 041, 043 - Burchett

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Built 1888 Coach House and Stables by William Hearnden for William Taylor. Architect C D Ebro. 1888 - 1912 used as livery stables. 1912 - 1921 occupied by John Page, 1922 -29 used by S Taylor as livery stables and garage. Occuied 1937 - 1963 by Ola Cohn as home and studio.
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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 043, Ola Cohn Centre

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The building faces Ola Cohn Place, with the rear facing Gipps Street. The outline of the original carriageway entrance can still be seen from Ola Cohn Place.
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This building was designed as livery stables by the notable architect, Charles d'Ebro in 1888 for William Taylor. In 1938 it was bought by Ola Cohn, the sculptor best known for her Fairies' Tree in the Fitzroy Gardens. She turned it into her home and studio.
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East Melbourne, Ola Cohn Centre

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emvf0036
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Newspaper clippings about CAE's proposal to sell the Ola Cohn Centre, the fight to save it by the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors and the Cohn family, and successful resolution. Photos. March 2002 to June 2003.
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Ola Cohn Folio

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embk0078
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A collection of photocopied photos and newspaper articles spanning the life of Ola Cohn, sculptor whose studio was at 41 Gipps Street, East Melbourne. Includes photos of Ola Cohn, her work and her studio; biographical articles, articles about her work and about the renovation of her studio. Compiled and donated by Helen Bruinier, niece of Ola Cohn.

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