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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992

The Paddock - Early Morning 1979

$2,000,000–3,000,000

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© Wendy Whiteley/Copyright Agency, 2023

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

BRETT WHITELEY

1939-1992
The Paddock - Early Morning 1979

oil on canvas
signed and dated 'brett whiteley 79' lower centre
203 x 153 cm
frame: original, Brett Lichtenstein, Sydney

  • Lot Sold $1,750,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $2,147,727 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Brett Whiteley, Sydney
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Michael Binder, Sydney, acquired from the above
Australian + International Fine Art, Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 8 September 2004, lot 31, illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Portraits (Joel Elenberg, Patrick White), Crucifixions, (a paddock at) Oberon, David Reids' Gallery, Sydney, 26 April - 17 May 1980, no. 37
Four Australian Modern Masters: Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan, Brett Whiteley, Fred Williams, Savill Galleries, Sydney, 11 November - 6 December 1988, no. 49, 'Landscape near Oberon, NSW', illustrated
Brett Whiteley 1958-1989: The Central West, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, 14 April - 13 May 1990, no. 4

Literature

Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz City, Melbourne, 2020, cat. no. 159.79, Vol. 3, p. 630 (illustrated), Vol. 7, p. 486

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