BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992
Summer I 1961
Estimate $28,000 – $38,000
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION
BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992
Summer I 1961
tempera, collage, pencil and charcoal on card
signed and dated '61 / Whiteley' lower left
56 x 78 cm
- Lot Sold $50,000 (Hammer Price)
- $61,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Matthiesen Gallery, London
Mr Lex Aitken, London, acquired from the above in 1962
The Collection of Lex Aitken and Alfredo (Bouret) Gonzalez, Sydney
Important Australian and International Art, Deutscher and Hackett, Sydney, 28 August 2013, lot 15, illustrated
Private Collection, acquired from the above
Exhibited
Brett Whiteley: Paintings and Gouaches, Matthiesen Gallery, London, 9-31 March 1962, no. 17, illustrated
Literature
Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: A Sensual Line 1957-67, Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, 2010, cat. no. EE13, p. 244
Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné [in press], Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2019, cat. no. 33.61 (illustrated)
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Gary SingerChief Executive Officer Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Gary Singer |
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Fiona HaywardSenior Specialist Australian & International Art |
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Brett BallardSenior Specialist Australian & International ArtSydney T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Brett Ballard |
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AU0830 |
20 Nov 2018 |
Sydney
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