BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992
The Blue Bathroom 1963
oil, tempera and collage on board
signed 'Whiteley' lower centre right; signed, dated and inscribed '"THE BLUE BATHROOM" / 1963 / BRETT WHITELEY' verso (label)
188 x 183 cm
frame: original, maker unknown, London
- Lot Sold $600,000 (Hammer Price)
- $732,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Marlborough New Gallery, London (label verso)
Private Collection, London, acquired from the above in 1981
Exhibited
Brett Whiteley, Marlborough New Gallery, London, 23 April - 23 May 1964, no. 1, illustrated (cover)
Literature
Charles Spencer, 'An Introduction to Abstract Art', [publication unknown], p. 98 (illustrated)
Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: A Sensual Line 1957-1967, Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, 2010, cat. no. KK8, p. 268
Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné[in press], Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2019, cat. no. 61.63 (illustrated)
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