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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992

Sketch for Large Flame Tree, Port Vila 1983

$55,000–75,000

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© Wendy Whiteley/Copyright Agency, 2023

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

BRETT WHITELEY

1939-1992
Sketch for Large Flame Tree, Port Vila 1983

ink, gouache and collage on paper
signed, dated and inscribed 'B / W [artist's monogram] / sketch for large flame tree/ brett whiteley / Port Vila / Vanuatu 83' lower right
62.5 x 51 cm

  • Lot Sold $75,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $92,045 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Brett Whiteley, Sydney
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Private Collection, acquired from the above in 1985
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Private Collection, acquired from the above in 1987
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1991
Fine Australian & International Paintings, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 5 May 2003, lot 128, illustrated
Marlene Antico Fine Arts, Sydney, acquired from the above
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above on 1 May 2004

Exhibited

Brett Whiteley, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 12-28 July 1984, no. 22, 'Port Vila Study', illustrated

Literature

Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz City, Melbourne, 2020, cat. no. 192.83, Vol. 4, p. 235 (illustrated), Vol. 7, p. 616

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Important Australian Art

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