FRED WILLIAMS
1927-1982

FRED WILLIAMS

1927-1982
Guthega Landscape (1975)

oil on canvas
signed 'Fred Williams' lower centre right
153.3 x 122.2 cm

• Lot Sold $1,000,000 (Hammer Price)
• $1,227,273 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Fred Williams, Melbourne, until 1982
The Estate of Fred Williams, Melbourne (LW 883)
Olsen Gallery, Sydney (label verso)
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Fred Williams: Recent Paintings: A Current Working Method, University Gallery, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 13-30 May 1975, uncatalogued
Fred Williams: A Retrospective, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 7 November 1987 - 31 January 1988; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 17 February - 3 April 1988; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 18 April - 22 May 1988; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 13 June - 31 July 1988; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 16 August - 30 October 1988; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 24 November 1988 - 30 January 1989; Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 29 April - 4 June 1989; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 8 August - 24 September 1989, no. 149, illustrated
Fred Williams: Paintings, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, 26 April - 4 June 1994, no. 2
Fred Williams: Guthega, Olsen Gallery, Sydney, 16 September - 10 October 2020, no. 10, illustrated

Literature

James Mollison, A Singular Vision: The Art of Fred Williams, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1989, pp. 192 (illustrated), 193
Lyn Williams, Fred Williams: Guthega 1975-6, Olsen Gallery, Sydney, 2020, n.p. (illustrated)