JOHN BRACK
1920-1999
Laughing Child 1958
$400,000–600,000
JOHN BRACK
1920-1999
Laughing Child 1958
oil on canvas
signed and dated 'John Brack 58' upper right
45.8 x 40.8 cm frame: original, John Brack, Melbourne
- Lot Sold $750,000 (Hammer Price)
- $915,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Miss C.I. Black, Melbourne, acquired from the above on 3 June 1958
Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above
Exhibited
Australian Galleries Second Anniversary Exhibition, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 3-12 June 1958, no. 13, 50 gns
Literature
Ursula Hoff, Robert Lindsay and Patrick McCaughey, John Brack: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1987, p. 120
Sasha Grishin, The Art of John Brack, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, Vol. 2, o80, 'Laughing Child (Charlotte)', pp. 12, 107 (illustrated)
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