BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992
Reclining Nude (1978)
$1,000,000–1,500,000
BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992
Reclining Nude (1978)
oil on composition board
122 x 172 cm
- Lot Sold $1,227,273 (including buyer's premium)
Provenance
Brett Whiteley, Sydney
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Barry Taffs and Marilyn Taffs, Sydney, acquired from the above in April 1979
Australian Pictures, Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 16 September 1991, lot 131, 'Nude', illustrated
Ron Walker, Melbourne, acquired from the above
The Estate of the Late Ron Walker AC CBE, Melbourne
Exhibited
Brett Whiteley: Birds and Animals, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 10 April - 5 May 1979, no. 8, (as verso of Tsui)
Literature
POL, Sydney, 1985, (illustrated)
Ali Comrie, 'A Great Survivor Stalks Fairfax', Business Review Weekly, Melbourne, 30 August 1991, pp. 22-23 (illustrated), 'Nude'
Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz City, Melbourne, 2020, cat. no. 222.78, Vol. 3, p. 550 (illustrated), Vol. 7, p. 454
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Geoffrey SmithChairman Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Geoffrey Smith |
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Gary SingerChief Executive Officer & Director Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Gary Singer |
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Jessica VelasquezExecutive Assistant Australian & International Art |
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David MackayManager, Sydney Gallery, Marketing & Media Australian & International Art |
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