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Results | Important Australian & New Zealand Art | Sydney 16 May 2018 | Top Lots
16 May 2018 Results | Important Australian & New Zealand Art | Sydney 16 May 2018 | Top Lots (129.33 KB)

The Australian | Ashleigh Wilson
In 1959, an energetic young painter decided it was time to make a change. Brett Whiteley hated “art being governed by the logic of businessmen”, so he quit his job at a Sydney advertising company to focus on his own work.

Blouin ArtInfo
Six major paintings by Brett Whiteley will be auctioned by Sotheby’s Australia as a part of Important Australian & New Zealand Art on May 16, 2018, with a combined estimate of $2.9 million to $3.6 million.