BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, LONDON

BRETT WHITELEY

1939-1992
PINTON FRÈRES, TAPISSIERIE D'AUBUSSON, FRANCE (MANUFACTURER) The River (1976)

wool and cotton, edition 3 of 6 (of which only 3 were made)
woven inscription 'brett whiteley / P/T/F' lower right; woven inscriptions '3/6' verso
198 x 165 cm

• Lot Sold $250,000 (Hammer Price)
• $306,818 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Brett Whiteley, Sydney
Lendlease, Sydney
Fine Australian & International Paintings, Sotheby's Australia, Sydney, 25 August 2002, lot 39, illustrated
Savill Galleries, Sydney, acquired from the above
Private Collection, London, acquired from the above in 2005

Exhibited

Rivers: Brett Whiteley, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 1-19 March 1977, no. 18, 'River Tapestry' (another version)
Brett Whiteley Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 September - 19 November 1995; Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 13 December 1995 - 28 January 1996; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 22 February - 8 April 1996; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 9 May - 16 June 1996; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2 July - 26 August 1996; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 18 September - 17 November 1996, no. 158, illustrated (another version)
Rivers + Rocks: Select Works of Arthur Boyd & Brett Whiteley, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, 20 October 2001 - 27 January 2002; Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, 8 February - 10 March 2002; New England Museum & Art Gallery, Armidale, 15 March - 21 April 2002; Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa, 10 May - 9 June 2002; Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, 21 June - 21 July 2002; Penrith Regional Gallery & the Lewers Bequest, Penrith, 3 August - 8 September 2002; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, 25 September - 27 October 2002; Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, 1 November - 1 December 2002
Australia's Most Wanted, Savill Galleries, Sydney, 3 March - 2 April 2005, no. 3, illustrated

Literature

Nancy Borlase, 'Enchanting Callins', The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 3 March 1977, p. 7
Sandra McGrath, 'Cool, Cool Water', The Australian, Sydney, 4 March 1977, p. 8
Barry Pearce with contributions from Bryan Robertson and Wendy Whiteley, Brett Whiteley: Art & Life, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, plate 158, pp. 219 (illustrated, another version), 235
Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz City, Melbourne, 2020, cat. no. 252.3.76, Vol. 3, p. 470 (illustrated, another version), Vol. 7, pp. 390-391