BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

BRETT WHITELEY

1939-1992
The Cat (1980)

offset lithograph on paper, artist's proof from an edition of 100, plus artist's proofs
inscribed 'A/P 'sunlight on the cat' lower left; signed 'brett whiteley B/W' lower right
84.5 x 82.5 cm (image); 116 x 91.2 (sheet)

• Lot Sold $50,000 (Hammer Price)
• $61,364 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Brett Whiteley, Sydney
Private Collection
Major Fine Art Auction, Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 28 August 2002, lot 4, 'Sunlight on the Cat', illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney
Important Australian Art, Sotheby's Australia, Sydney, 26 November 2007, lot 92, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above

Exhibited

(Probably) Brett Whiteley: Drawings and Gouaches, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, April - May 1981, no. 8 (another example)
The Entire Collection of Graphics of Brett Whiteley: 1961-1981, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 20 July - 1 August 1981, no. 56 (another example)
Brett Whiteley: The Complete Graphics: 1961-1982, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 30 March - 24 April 1983 (another example)
Brett Whiteley: The Graphics: 1961-1992, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 27 November - 16 December 1995; Greenhill Galleries, Perth, 10 April - 1 May 1996, no. 60, illustrated (another example)

Literature

Robert Mandy, Brett Whiteley: The Complete Graphics: 1961-1982, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1983, cat. no. 59, p. 42 (illustrated, another example)
Brett Whiteley: The Graphics: 1961-1992, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 1995, cat. no. 60, pp. 67, 113 (illustrated, another example)
Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonn&eacute, Schwartz City, Melbourne, 2020, cat. no. 105P, Vol. 5, p. 121 (illustrated, another example), Vol. 7, p. 829