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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992

Doves on the Balcony, Lavender Bay 1979

$800,000–1,000,000

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© Wendy Whiteley/Copyright Agency, 2024

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

BRETT WHITELEY

1939-1992
Doves on the Balcony, Lavender Bay 1979

oil on canvas
signed and dated 'brett whiteley 79' lower centre
91 x 61 cm

frame: original, Brett Lichtenstein, Sydney

  • Lot Sold $800,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $981,818 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Brett Whiteley, Sydney
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1979

Literature

Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz City, Melbourne, 2020, cat. no. 187.79, Vol. 7, p. 491

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Important Australian Art

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